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

[Ryan Dunn]

I tend to favor Inire in disguise, personally (masks abound, etc.). But I am definitely open to Mitchell Bailey's thoughts on the matter from some time back...

http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0027/0088.shtml

The curators at the Botanic Garden, in particular, makes his argument very convincing to me.

...ryan


On Jul 3, 2010, at 1:34 PM, David Stockhoff wrote:

> Or he could be any hierodule or alien.Or he may know who Severian is, and his special connection to it. Or he could simply be speaking in vernacular.
> 
> Ryan Dunn wrote:
>> 
>> On Jul 2, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
>> 
>>> Schmitt also took this iconic image
>>> 
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg
>>> 
>>> which may be the source of Rudesinde's peculiar possessive reference "*your* blue Urth".
>> 
>> 
>> Either that or Rudesind = Inire, who is likely NOT from Urth, but a hierodule, hence *your* Urth (it ain't his).
>> 
>> Call me crazy.
>> 
>> ...ryan
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