(urth) Spiritual and Ecological Succession

[Gerry Quinn]

From: "Lee Berman" <severiansola at hotmail.com>
>
> > We have forests on Lune but no apparent civilization remaining.
>
>>Jane Delawney: (in UOTNS) The sailors have a proverb regarding the bad 
>>luck incurred if
>>one kills a Port o'Lune man. That's about the only reference in the text
>>to doings on Lune.
>
> That sounds familiar Jane, thanks for reminding. Perhaps I should have 
> said "no apparent
> civilization during Severian's (normal lifetime) era."
>
> I would guess the black hole in the sun that makes life difficult on Urth 
> would make it
> even tougher on Lune and Verthandi, ending civiliation there. (of course 
> Skuld (venus)
> might be a more hospitable place..but that would mess up the story).

If Lune is still green with plant life, presumably civilisation is 
sustainable there also.

- Gerry Quinn