(urth) The significance of Apu Punchau

Jeff Wilson jwilson at io.com
Wed Dec 24 21:38:01 PST 2008


Son of Witz wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: b sharp [mailto:bsharporflat at hotmail.com]
> 
>> I think it is confusing without recognizing that Urth is not Earth. Urth is the analog of Earth 
>> in another earlier universe (if "early" has meaning in extra-universal context). Urth doesn't
>> have Incas or Persians or Jesus, just (perhaps) analogs of them. 

> I'm certainly not clear whether Earth is Urth, or whether Earth is to
> Urth as Urth is to Ushas.  Probably the latter, yet the Hut in the
> Jungle seems to contain characters and time from Earth. The airplane
> described is very 20th century, and, though I'm not sure, someone
> pointed out that the verse they're quoting is from the bible.

Wolfe himself has since said that Urth is an earlier cycle than our 
Earth, but I think that may be retroactive continuity after realizing 
that drowning Urth would otherwise break the OT God's promise to never 
again destroy the Earth by water.
(Presumably Robert and Marie's bible contains a slightly different 
account of Noah's covenant.)

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