(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 56, Issue 37

[David Stockhoff]

One should always be skeptical of resurrections in fiction. ;)

But remember, Severian was resurrected about half a dozen times. Why not an analog of the familiar of Apollo?

[Incidentally, I am sure "Raja(h)" never appears in SS. I would have noticed if it did.]

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From: Jordon Flato <jordonflato at gmail.com>
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I just have equally compelling arguments in my head for each of those
instances that point to other things, that's all.

It is a big book indeed.

And no, I'm not tweaking your ear about Oreb.  Maybe Wolfe didn't do as good
of a job in thinking about the inability to distinguish between alive and
dead birds as you, but to me, it seems ridiculous to posit a resurrected
Oreb.  By whom?  Is Silk Severian now, and Oreb Triskele?  Was Oreb Scylla
the entire time?  Can Mainframe gods ressurect dead animals?  What point
would ressurecting a character have when that character was just introduced.

If you could answer any of those questions (maybe you can) then I might
entertain the thought.  I can't think of possible expliantions for any of
them, though.



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