(urth) Severian as a student

[Jeff Wilson]

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?

Mechanical limbs, animal parts on otherwise human bodies, human faces on 
animals, and relics of many epochs are everyday sights around Nesus and 
the Citadel; I doubt leather made from human skin turns many heads of 
any species any more.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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