(urth) Ultan's Library & Borges
Jeff Wilson
jwilson at io.com
Wed Apr 8 19:34:02 PDT 2009
Dave Lebling wrote:
> I thought it was generally agreed that though Severian may be a stand-in
> for Wolfe, Ultan's assistant Cyby was Wolfe's stand-in in the novel:
>
> "... a stocky, very erect man of forty or so with a flat, pale face. ...
> Cyby had a high, square forehead, from which his graying hair was in
> retreat. It made his face seem small and a trifle babyish..."
>
> Remember that Shadow of the Torturer was published in 1980, so it was
> written when Wolfe was "forty or so."
I've seen photos of Wolfe from that time and there was nothing flat or
square about him - in fact in one he sorta looks like Stimpy.
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