(urth) Is Severian A Real Person?

[David Stockhoff]

I recall another passage in another work, where the narrator says he 
often thinks he doesn't drink enough water. I enjoy these mundane 
observations.

Lee Berman wrote:
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>> brunians- The only difference between Severian and you and I is that he has a
>> different Author
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> 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?
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>> Gurloes is a tragic and interesting figure.
>> He is father to Severian in a way that Palaemon is not.
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> 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. 		 	   		  
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