(urth) Master Ultan's Library

[Adam Thornton]

On 07/16/2010 08:04 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> Some of my favorite passages in Severian's narration involve 
> commentary on literary style. In Shadow, he compares writing to 
> execution of the condemned.
>
> What do you all make of the following mention of Master Ultan's Library?
>
> Similarly *you, who will some day delve in Master Ultan's library,* 
> will require of me no long delays; personages who are permitted to 
> speak only briefly yet do it well; certain dramatic pauses which shall 
> signal to you that something of import is about to occur; excitement; 
> and a sating quantity of blood.

I assumed Severian was just assuming his book would end up on the 
Library's shelves, and that is where the reader would most likely 
encounter it.

Adam