(urth) Is Borskis (sp?) Theory Wright?

[Bruce Hayles]

Could someone sketch out some of the standing explanations?

On 4/8/07, Chris <rasputin_ at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hardly. Witness the Long Sun series; Wolfe is not averse to portraying false
> religions, and we all know it.
>
> One primary problem as far as I am concerned is that the theory assumes that
> we in general, and Severian in particular, are fully manipulable with no
> free will. This ends up being especially problematic if you combine the
> determinism with an evil force behind the steering wheel. Even in the Long
> Sun books, Pas is not able to do this.
>
> Also, it simply isn't a particularly *interesting* story this way.
>
> >I've always liked this theory, and think it stands at
> >least as well as some of the others proposed and
> >discussed on the board.
> >
> >The response below is very typical. Many of the more
> >invested fans of GW simply don't *like* this line of
> >interpretation. A tale from GW where religion is the
> >wool that has been pulled over the eyes of humanity is
> >not to be contenanced, apparently.  :-)
> >
> >--- Chris <rasputin_ at hotmail.com> skrev:
> >
> > > > > Anyone buy Borskis theory that Severian is just
> > > a ruse to get the people
> > > > > of Urth to do the Aliens biddings  and not
> > > mankinds??
> > >
> > > Is that really Borski's theory? I don't recall him
> > > mentioning that in Solar
> > > Labyrinth, although Wright did put forward that sort
> > > of theory (in Attending
> > > Daedelus).
> > >
> > > Either way, no. I think it is implausible, on the
> > > one hand, and on the other
> > > I think it turns the BotNS into a sort of un-Wolfean
> > > story.
> > >
> > >
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