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

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Wed Jul 7 12:58:54 PDT 2010


it is indeed getting short shrift.

I see no reason to imagine or suppose that Inire is other than Severian
said he is, an hierodule who has artificially extended his life.

.


> 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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