(urth) Father Inire Theory

[Jeff Wilson]

On 12/4/2010 11:25 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
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>> M. ben Witz: Wait a sec. I JUST finished NewSun again and I can not remember the
>> old boatman in any other scenes besides the near drowning at the beginning and when
>> we meet him on the Lake of Birds.
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> That's an interest post to me Witz. Most do not think the boatman at the drowning is
> the Boatman at the Lake of Birds. I think Borski suggests that the "drowning" old boatman
> is Maxellindis' "Uncle", who is also a boatman, because they both speak of undines. Actually
> all three of these boatmen speak of undines. I wrote it as Maxellindis' "Uncle" because
> Severian suspects it isn't really her uncle.

Maxellindis' uncle was under constant observation by Eata for four or 
five years on their boat before *he* died, also during the time when 
Inire was actively serving Autarch Severian.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
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