(urth) Is Agia a Robot?

[brunians at brunians.org]

That's what I was thinking.

Since then there have been several posts showing that at least some of
them have some mechanical parts.

I don't think that Agia and Agilus, if they are robots, are the same as
Jonas, who was given human spare parts. They would have been crafted to be
as they are.

The theory, which I still like, is indeed getting a bit convoluted.

I will certainly talk about it with Gene if and when I get another chance
to do so.

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> ... or because they are chemical?
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 10:11 PM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Gene calls robots 'chems'.
>>
>> Does he call them that because they are mechanical?
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>> > Agia is definitely a robot, and of a particularly expensive kind. But
>> > she was initially human. We can actually pinpoint the moment her
>> > robofication begins, when Severian sees her outside the rag shop:
>> >
>> > She wore a pavonine brocade gown of amazing richness and raggedness,
>> > and as I watched her, the sun touched a rent just below her waist,
>> > turning the skin there to palest gold.
>> > TSOTT, chapter XVI
>> >
>> > Dorcas is also a robot:
>> >
>> > 'He wears armor,' Dorcas called again. 'This man has not even a
>> > shirt.' Her voice, always so soft before, rang in the twilight like a
>> > bell.
>> > TSOTT, chapter XXVII
>> >
>> > Bells are metal, just like hammers. How much more of a clue do you
>> > need? Of course, she's also Severian's grandmother so it follows that
>> > he is a robot too.
>> >
>> > Brunians wrote:
>> >> She and her brother are associated with Hethor, a sailor.
>> >>
>> >> They are ship's robots.
>> >
>> > That must be why all those cogs and wires fell out when Severian cut
>> > Agilus's head off.
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