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

[Ryan Dunn]

On Jul 9, 2010, at 6:49 PM, Roy C. Lackey wrote:

> James Wynn wrote:
> [snip]
>> If it was explained in terms at all before the late 90s, I'm unaware of
>> it. [snip]
> 
> It is stated in the original LEXICON URTHUS, p-90, published in 1994, that
> Dorcas is Severian's paternal grandmother.
> 
> -Roy


Oh, and I always liked this quote from the book, guess who said it...

"Look at the great successes of the past - they say their deities are the masters of all the universes, and yet that they require grandmothers to defend them, as if they were children frightened by poultry."

...ryan