(urth) bsharp's Inire theory

Jeff Wilson jwilson at io.com
Sun Jul 6 20:28:22 PDT 2008


b sharp wrote:
> 
>> And where is it writ that Inire is a member of T's race?
> 
> I think Severian identifies Inire and the Cumaean as hierodules to B, F 
> and O and gets no argument.  Does that count?

Since Tzadkiel is a Hierogrammate rather than a Hierodule, no it doesn't 
count.


> Jeff Wilson writes:
>> Suppose I am Inire, and too busy doing transcendent things to date. How
>> does it help me quench my desire for a young lady's company to bud off a
>> boatman who departs, perhaps to reunite in 50 or so yeasr, perhaps not,
>> especially when I am already in close cahoots with the owner of a
>> youth-oriented clone bordello?  Surely he could keep a really young one
>> on hand, perhaps in return for a new section of the Botanical Gardens
>> for he and his bees to enjoy?
> 
> That is SO unromantic! A guy is supposed to replace several lifetimes of true
> love with a string of prostitutes? ;-)

What kind of true love is he getting by lying about his species, or by 
trying to impress pre-pubscent Chatelaines? You've repeatedly painted 
him as a xenopedophile.

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