(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[David Stockhoff]

In Long Sun, it seems pretty clear who are the robots and who are not, 
while on Urth, little is so clear.

I don't know how much of this can be explained by Urth history, given 
that Typhon had an array of robots available to him, that Hethor, as a 
star sailor, has access to all eras, and that on Urth, technology has 
been lost and patched and hidden.

Are Agila and Agia sex robots?

Ryan Dunn wrote:
> Could explain her single-mindedness and the lengths she went to. She 
> IS responsible for much of Severian's story arc early in the story, no?
>
> ...ryan
>
> On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:56 PM, Paul B <pb.stuff at gmail.com 
> <mailto:pb.stuff at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> I suppose a relevant backdrop to this entire discussion might be 
>> "even if she were, what does it matter?"   The calde of Saltus 
>> /could/ be a clone of Typhon living out his life in blissful 
>> ignorance - but does that change anything as far as the story is 
>> concerned? 
>> My sense is that it doesn't - Agia can be a robot, a vampire slug, 
>> even a Hierodule if you really want her to be.  It's the behavior of 
>> the characters that's important, not their creature type.  That only 
>> seems to matter insofar as it might help explain their behavior - 
>> does her being a robot explain anything?  I don't think so.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:danldo at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hethor's paracoita. I am not convinced of this but could be.
>>
>>     On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:39 AM, John Watkins
>>     <john.watkins04 at gmail.com <mailto:john.watkins04 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>     > I'm lost.  The girl in the box?
>>     >
>>     > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 1:38 PM, <brunians at brunians.org
>>     <mailto:brunians at brunians.org>> wrote:
>>     >>
>>     >> Not only is Hethor attracted to robots.
>>     >>
>>     >> Agia was the girl in the box.
>>     >>
>>     >> .
>>     >>
>>     >>
>>     >>
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