(urth) miles, jonas, and that sailor guy, and sea/interplanetary vessels

[Jeff Wilson]

On 2/9/2011 12:21 PM, Lee Berman wrote:
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>> Marc Aramini: I've never been really sold on the idea that the soldier Miles or whatever
>> is really a returned Jonas
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> Well, I think it is assumed that the soldier was dead, but Severian reanimated him, in part
> with his memory of his friend Jonas, whom he missed. Sorta like the reanimating Thecla in his own
> mind. Miles was never a sailor; he only talks that way because of Jonas inside him. And Jonas is
> motivated because he thinks he might have a shot at Jolenta in this handsome, blond guy he
> now inhabits. Jonas departs when Severian tells him that Jolenta is dead.

Where does Severian retrieve Jonas' spirit from? Does the tin-drover 
body fall over dead in some distant galaxy when he does this?

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