(urth) Travelling North aka miscellaneous thoughts on Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org brunians at brunians.org
Fri Jun 4 15:39:38 PDT 2010


Dreams don't take place in linear time.

Why do you assume that something Father Inire built operates only in
linear time?

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> On 6/4/2010 4:29 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>> OK, it's not obvious.
>>
>> Severian doesn't want to leave the Sand Garden.
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> What desert might particularly interest Gene Wolfe?
>>
>> Perhaps Father Inire had a face to face with Jesus during a certain
>> forty
>> day period.
>
> If I was in the "Urth preceeds Earth" camp, I might suggest that's why
> Sev feels as if he belonged there, standing where Jesus was meant to be.
> Or perhaps he merely feels it appropriate as various other prophets have
> sought it out, like John the Baptist. In fact, John might be the central
> figure of the Urthly NT, managing to get himself crucified instead of
> beheaded on that iteration.
>
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