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[DAVID STOCKHOFF]

I admit I can't make up my mind about "which" universe Severian lives in. Sometimes I think it's ours, but often I think it's the future of a very close parallel---so close that the term "parallel universe" doesn't quite cover it.
But we've been through all this before.

--- On Wed, 12/15/10, Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie> wrote:

From: Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie>
Subject: Re: (urth) (no subject)
To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 1:17 PM

From: "David Stockhoff" <dstockhoff at verizon.net>

> I think that, for a universe apparently without a Christ, Pan is as close to the true religion as one can get.
> 
> Since the Pope is lucky enough to live in OUR universe, he can sleep soundly.

I don't think there's any special reason to think Severian's universe is without a Christ.  There is substantial evidence that it's history is similar to ours.  In BotLS there are notable religious references, including some to Christ.

One *can* argue that these references somehow come from another universe, but it seems a bit of a stretch.


- Gerry Quinn


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