(urth) lots of stuff

[Jeff Wilson]

On 7/10/2010 2:29 AM, James Wynn wrote:
>
>>>> Maybe FI is actually a permutation of another word/phrase...
>>>> Father in Ire
>>>> Inherit Fear
>>>> Fire in Earth
>>>> Fainter Heir
>>>> In Their Fear
>>>> I dunno. Just a thought?
>>> Fenrir
>> Why?
>
> Plenty of reasons potentially. He's a wolf which would appeal to the
> author. Additionally, he's destined to be chained to rock until the end
> of the world. You don't think F. Inire likes his post do you? Stuck on a
> backward planet tweaking the pointless politics of the Autarchs.

He could leave at any time via the mirrors, or take a vacation of most 
any length via the Atrium or the Botanic Gardens. Severian thinks he has 
taken the post voluntarily: "We know your master is what the people call 
a cacogen, and that for whatever reason, he is one of those few who have 
chosen to cast their lots entirely with humanity, remaining on Urth as a 
human being." Citadel, XXXV


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