(urth) Father Inire Theory

[Lee Berman]

>Son o'Witz:Well, If you've laid out the theory in one posting, I missed it.  
I expect you didn't put 6 years of work all in one >post though.  Either way, 
I, for one, don't have a clear idea of what your theory is.  I think the various 
bits I've read are >interesting.  By the way, I cropped it, but it was a great post 
you just wrote, with the six levels of interpretation.
 
Thanks! Yeah, it is too sprawling to fit in one post I think. And since it is really just 
a mental map for my own understanding it can be difficult to translate into a clear verbal 
schemata. Perhaps it works best for filling in gaps in Severian's family tree, outlining what 
I think is severian's family curse and explaining some of the weirdnesses of The Commonwealth, 
like khaibits.
 
 
>David Stockhoff- nice! It's actually a good idea to have a list like this, although I'd approach 
>it a little differently, trying to emphasize the organizing principle. 
 
Thanks! Yeah, I just tossed the list together in just a few minutes to illustrate the ideal of maintaining
multiple perspectives. I figured others would divvy it up differently and I'd probably revise 
the list myself given more time.
 
>the creation of myth
 
 
I think James Wynn is especially interested in this aspect.
 
 
>"book as universe/author as God."
 
I LOVE this one. I think I could add it to the top of my list so that along with "autobiography", like 
"attachment to the personage of the Monarch" it represents both the lowest and highest levels.