(urth) Cumaean???

[Pedro Pereira]

Could not that be the star that Severian brings as the New Sun? He seems to be "in touch" with it in Urth of the New Sun, so its not a big stretch to assume that it has a "mind". On the other hand a Wolfe interview I read makes allusions to the new sun brough by Severian to be a white hole...
 
 
> The star is likely Fomalhaut, or "mouth of the whale" is a bright white> star in the constellation of Pisces. It is roughly 25 light-years away> and the eighteenth brightest star in the night sky. It is thought to be> only about 200-300 million years old, though being about 1.7 times the> mass of the sun, it will age more rapidly. Certainly, it would not be> unreasonable to assume that by Severian's time it too has left the main> sequence.
 
You seem to assume that our Sun as aged naturaly and so is "dying". I don't think thats the reason why the Sun is dying. Severian time can be from 100.000 years to 1 million years in the future, but the Sun at that time will be as "healthy" as it is now. I think the reason behind the "dying Sun" is artificial. Maybe something done by the Hierogrammates or by Tartaros (black hole in the hearth of the Sun?).
 
 
 
 
 
 
> From: heliumhead at charter.net> To: urth at lists.urth.net> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:57:18 -0600> Subject: Re: (urth) Cumaean???> > > On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 09:46 -0600, Eric Ortlund wrote:> > 3) When Merryn is telling Severian that all time exists, the Cumaean> > tells them that, although Apu Punchau (=New Sun, right?) lived ages> > before her, there is a "mind" which existed in his time and which still> > exists . . . on the Red Star called the Fish's Mouth. What the heck is> > going on here? Which star is this, and which mind? Is this referring> > to Yesod?> > The star is likely Fomalhaut, or "mouth of the whale" is a bright white> star in the constellation of Pisces. It is roughly 25 light-years away> and the eighteenth brightest star in the night sky. It is thought to be> only about 200-300 million years old, though being about 1.7 times the> mass of the sun, it will age more rapidly. Certainly, it would not be> unreasonable to assume that by Severian's time it too has left the main> sequence.> > As to the mind, I really couldn't say, though it could merely be a> long lived alien whom the Cumaaean has knowledge of or has encountered> in the past.> > > I guess I essentially get this episode: Hildegrin (and Vodualus through> > him) are trying to stop the return of the New Sun; Hildegrin struggles> > here with Apu Punchau = the man Severian sees etched into the wall of> > the grave house he played in as a boy = himself.> > I think that is one way to view the episode. I think that it is likely> that what Hildegrin had in mind specifically was to return to Vodulus> with a truly ancient ( though fresh) body.> > > Eric> > Sorry if my answers are a bit pedantic and uninspired.> > Todd> > _______________________________________________> Urth Mailing List> To post, write urth at urth.net> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net
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