(urth) Is Severian A Real Person?

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Sun Aug 1 06:00:17 PDT 2010


Why are you presuming?

You don't know?

Is not the Author of the author the Author?

.


>
>
>>brunians- The only difference between Severian and you and I is that he
>> has a
>>different Author
>
> I presume the Author of you and I is to be considered of an intelligence
> too vast,
> penetrating, universal, inhuman and mysterious to ever be comprehended by
> us.
>
> How true is that of the intelligence of the author of Severian?
>
>
>
>>Gurloes is a tragic and interesting figure.
>>He is father to Severian in a way that Palaemon is not.
>
> I agree. There are places in Wolfe's work where I am sure he is referring
> to his
> own wife and children in addition to his fictional characters. The part
> where he
> describes Master Gurloes as being tragic, a complex man trying to appear
> simple,
> someone who eats too much and not often enough, seems to be one of those
> sort of
> places.
> _______________________________________________
> Urth Mailing List
> To post, write urth at urth.net
> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net
>





More information about the Urth mailing list