(urth) Corundum of the Claw

[Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org]

On Jun 24, 2010, at 12:22 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 6/24/2010 1:58 PM, John Watkins wrote:
>> That's is an awfully thin reed for "Severian is supposed to literally
>> be Jesus" rather than "Severian is supposed to parrallel Jesus in
>> important ways".  Perhaps the distinction is irrelevant for a
>> non-believer, but the author is not a non-believer.
>>   
> Wolfe has said that he's not inclined to express his faith in everything he's writes. He used OS Card as a counter-analogy. Figuratively, Severian is Christ....the gnostic Christ. Not the orthodox or Catholic Christ.


Exactly