(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[Paul B]

Sure, why not.  Or, if she were a vampire slug, it could be she wanted
Severian's sweet sweet blood.  Or, if she were a Hierodule, perhaps her
mission was to be his antagonist.  Or, if she were a human, perhaps she was
really angry he executed her brother.
The matter I am getting at is that for this to be at all interesting it
should explain something *better* than the more traditional (and reasonable)
view.

Paul

On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Dunn <ryan at liftingfaces.com> 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> 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>
> 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>
>> 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>
>> brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Not only is Hethor attracted to robots.
>> >>
>> >> Agia was the girl in the box.
>> >>
>> >> .
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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