(urth) a lurker asks a question

James Wynn crushtv at gmail.com
Tue Sep 30 06:03:31 PDT 2008


> aaron wrote:
>>But, like you, I feel there is something more I am missing.  The beginning 
>>of the chapter is a good example, when Sev mentions that he felt as if he 
>>and Ultan were both buried or something close to that.  What does he 
>>really mean by this and when is it echoed later in the books?
>
>Jeff Wilson said: Much of the Citadel complex is underground. It is very 
>likely that Severian meets Master Ultan in a tunnel, possibly a stretch of 
>catacomb repurposed to house books instead of bodies.

I guess the dead and buried sentence was already discussed. But Jeff's 
explanation doesn't really do it for me.

J 




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