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

[Ryan Dunn]

you lost me.

...ryan


On Jul 7, 2010, at 2:10 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

> You are the model for that character.
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> Have we worked together?
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>> 
>> Any clue to Inire is worth considering and processed however you see fit.
>> Same with speculation on the humanity of other characters.
>> 
>> If Tzdakiel's shapeshifting, Inire's mirrors, Hethor's time traveling
>> pets, time traveling ships, Severian as Apu Punchai is all fair game, then
>> it stands to reason that Inire, who is CLEARLY controlling the goings on
>> of the entire planet, appear in many aspects of Severian's life
>> (unknowingly to Severian) to control his journey, instill character
>> traits, build the right memories, all so that his final test on Yesod
>> comes off successful.
>> 
>> If Zak can change from a strange dwarf thing to a furry monster. Could
>> Inire change from a red wizened ape who could be a man, into Inire, into
>> Fechin, into Rudesind? If he IS doing these things, and spying on
>> Severian's journey, isn't that important?
>> 
>> How is that not important to at least consider? Disagreeing with it is one
>> thing, disregarding this speculation out of hand seems to be a bit brash.
>> 
>> ...ryan
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>> On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:49 AM, António Pedro Marques wrote:
>>> I'll have to ask yet again - clues to *what*, please? IF some of the
>>> characters that appear throughout the book are Inire in disguise, then
>>> what? What happens? What doors open? What new understanding of the story
>>> is enabled? What's the net worth of such a knowledge? What is it that we
>>> don't grasp about the book that we'd begin to grasp that way? No one has
>>> answered this so far.
>>> 
>>> It's as if we posited that Watson's second wife was in fact Mary
>>> Morstan's cousin. What would that contribute to the story?
>> 
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