(urth) the wall and baldanders

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Isn't it directly stated that the Whorl (and thus presumably any ship
of its class) was constructed by hollowing out/inflating an asteroid?

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Jerry Friedman
<jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Cliff Judge <transentient at gmail.com>
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> Subject: (urth) the wall and baldanders
>
>> What is the deal with Baldanders claiming he never dreams the morning
>> after the show at Cteiphon's Cross, when the morning after Severian sleeps
>> next to him he describes having a dream, possibly the same dream as Sev?
>
> As I recall, he had a dream with images from Severian's memory (I feel I
> should call it a Memory), and Severian had a dream with images from
> Baldanders's memory or thoughts or future or something.  But that's a good
> question.  Maybe Baldanders stopped dreaming?  Maybe it was a random lie?
>
>> The Wall is a Long Sun class colony ship, isn't it? Sticking up out of the
>> ground like the ships in the Citadel. Either incomplete or mostly buried.
>
> It seems too circular for that, unless you think it's the end layer, like
> the first coil of a pot.  But I don't think building a Whorl-class ship on
> Earth or Urth, instead of in space, makes any sense at all (which is my
> answer to John Watkins's question).
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes