(urth) Why so much synchronicity?

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

On 8/19/06, junk06 at amalar.com <junk06 at amalar.com> wrote:
> Why? It smells of ham handedness, as someone mentioned recently.
> Anyone have theories as to why so many coincidences fill the series?

I have two.

1. I'm pretty sure Wolfe is an admirer of Dickens. Dickens's plots are
utterly coincidence-driven. (E.g., the fellow who catches Oliver, but
not the Dodger, turns out to be his grandfather...) This doesn't bother
his fans.

2. These are all signs of Divine Providence (or the guidance of the
Hier*s, aqastors, etc.) to make sure that Severian fulfills that destiny
(of which he already had some presentiment)

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