(urth) Path of Air

[David Duffy]

On 19 August 2010 04:54, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Severian doesn't mention Valeria much, if at all, after their first
> meeting, for three books.
>

I have previously mentioned that I think part of the origins of BotNS are 
as a dialogue with _Dune_ and _Empire Star_, both of which share many of 
the same plot elements.  Then, Valeria is Irulan, a political marriage 
but not his true love, his grandmother ;)

Just another 2c, David Duffy.