(urth) Mystery of Agia

[Jeff Wilson]

On 1/20/2011 1:59 PM, Son of Witz wrote:
> On Jan 20, 2011, at 9:59 AM, António Pedro Marques<entonio at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> Son of Witz wrote (20-01-2011 17:33):
>>> Sev calls the assasin He or Him about 20 times in that passage. I think
>>> it's clear that he's not mistaking him. He was very attracted to Agia, so
>>> of course he would recognize her. He also didn't call him an old man, but
>>> Valeria is clearly a crone, yet he recognizes his old lover.
>>
>> But the assassin can, and indeed should, be disguised, and asian people tend to lesser sexual dimorphism. I think Lee's idea here is genuinely good. Of course, that doesn't close the matter of Agia's purpose(s), nor does it preclude your spirit scars interpretation at all.
>>
>> I also think Jeff and Ryan raise good points. The more matters such as these are discussed, the better our understanding of the work.
>>
>
> Agreed.
> Sure, I suppose I can swallow the asian androgeny bit. Severian describes her eyes as "strangely tilted" and her nose as upturned.

upturned doesn't sound asian, more scandian

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