(urth) Severian as a student

[Adam Thornton]

On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:11 PM, John Smith wrote:

>
> It's interesting that the people of Urth find nothing
> strange about using human skin as a fabric.   Does
> this simply reflect the poverty of a society that is
> running out of energy and resources?   Or is it more
> of a comment on  the immorality of a society that
> treats people as things?

Oh, much more the second, I think.

Of course, it's not entirely unknown as a bookbinding even on plain  
old Earth.

Adam