(urth) Resurrections
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
danldo at gmail.com
Sat Jul 31 10:52:20 PDT 2010
On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 2:41 AM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:
> Whatever "they" are, I don't think they are meant to have a truly objective
> identity and feelings apart from Severian, any more than the aquastors have
> from their Yesodi controllers. Maybe an eidolon, which has to be
> reconstructed with as perfect fidelity to the original as possible, would
> count as "an" objective person, if not the same objective person.
Actually I suspect that Severian is supposed to be an exception to the
general principle you laid down (and I agree with). Through his Magic
Resurrection Ability, Thecla at least lives again in him. I'm not so
sure about the prior Autarchs.
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes
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