(urth) Mythic Women in BotNS

Son of Witz Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org
Wed Jan 26 10:56:43 PST 2011


On Jan 26, 2011, at 9:43 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
>> Is there to be no parallels between these stories? For Severian and Silk (and
>> perhaps also Latro) I think there is something special about these guys. It isn't just
>> accidental. They were born special (as befits a hero/savior in so many myths/religions).
> 
> Able is the same. He's is predestined --even over-determined-- to defeat all comers and to rise to the top of any environment in which he is placed.

So far, every Wolfe novel I have read is the memoir of a person who is a legend in their own time, and apparently after, who is mostly clueless to the fact.  What would Jesus' or Heracles' diary be like?


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