(urth) Inhumi in the Whorl

[Andrew Mason]

James Wynn wrote:

. That's one way they could
> have done it--if beings who can dream-travel would have their own
> spaceships and if the Whorl would allow an alien spacecraft to dock.

Not all spacecraft have to dock. The tender on which Severian and
Burgundofara returned to Urth didn't; it just settled.


Gerry Quinn wrote:

> By the way, Silk can dream travel and at thee end of _Return_ he is looking
> for a spaceship. As for the Vanished People, maybe they landed on the
> surface and bored their way in.

No need to bore. There are passages connecting the surface of the
Whorl to the interior, as part of the cooling system.