(urth) Path of Air
David Duffy
davidD at qimr.edu.au
Thu Aug 19 17:25:16 PDT 2010
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.
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