(urth) The mystery of the image of an astronaut cleaned by Rudesind

[Ryan Dunn]

We've been duped.

...ryan


On Jul 7, 2010, at 3:10 PM, John Watkins wrote:

> I think my "Severian-is-Inire" theory is getting short shrift here.  This means Severian is also a robot, of course.
> 
> On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> wrote:
> So then Inire is a robot.
> 
> Hell, three of the few male "friends" to Severian, Talos, Jonas, and now Inire.
> 
> Genius! :)
> 
> ...ryan
> 
> 
> On Jul 7, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Roy C. Lackey wrote:
> 
> > Lee Berman quoted and wrote:
> >>> David Stockhoff- Any thoughts on the question of Fechin having painted
> > Inire
> >>> as a little boy, thus proving that he is Rudesind, who was painted by
> > Fechin
> >>> as a little boy?
> >>
> >> I don't think I'd ever hope to prove something but rather find
> > suggestions. And
> >> in that scenario, Rudesind says a great artist visited him, when he was a
> > boy
> >> artist, to see his work. "It was Fechin, Fechin himself!". Was Fechin, the
> >> great artist or the boy?
> >
> > Since you have claimed that both Rudesind and Fechin are really Inire, it
> > doesn't really matter, does it? They are all the same person, and I guess
> > the part about being a boy is just a lie. And I guess the old man at
> > Casdoe's cabin lied about being a boyhood friend of Fechin's, too. Because,
> > in the interest of pedantry, I feel obliged to point out that Inire had been
> > vizier to all the autarchs, going back at least a thousand years to Ymar.
> > Maybe Inire had a protracted boyhood and only grew up and got old in the
> > last seventy years or so.
> >
> > -Roy
> >
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