(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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