(urth) The green man is fake

[Jack Smith]

On the other hand, Wolfe is an engineer.  He knows how things work, and his
science is usually right on.  More accurate than most sci fi writers.

On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Pedro Pereira <domus_artemis at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  Jesus guys/gals, this is a fantasy work, not "hard-scifi". IMHO you people
> are reading way to much into Wolfe when it comes to the actual science
> portrayed in the books. But that's just me.
>
> > From: severiansola at hotmail.com
> > To: urth at lists.urth.net
> > Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:46:18 -0500
> > Subject: (urth) The green man is fake
>
> >
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> > >> And we know that the Green Man is a walker through the corridors
> > >> of time, which requires energy approaching full stellar output.
> >
> >
> > >Jeff Wilson: If it does, that coming from the the White Fountain seems
> sufficient.
> >
> > If the green man is powered by a white fountain (Severian's or another)
> then he is lying
> > about needing Urth's feeble sunlight to live and probably lying about
> needing Severian's help in
> > breaking free. He is just playing a role. He plays so many roles and
> tells so many lies (including
> > the one about the locket).
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-- 
Best wishes,
Jack
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