(urth) Five Severians

[Michael Thayer]

Thanks, Larry -- Druissi's eight Severians theory is a bit opaque.  It
seems that Severians Four, Seven, and Eight are the same Severian, and
Severians Three and Five are not Severian at all (I'm not sure why the Claw
("Severian Three") or the White Fountain ("Severian Five") are considered
versions of Severian).  The theory is especially opaque when it comes to
the "Mausoleum Builder" ("Severian Eight").  Druissi says that the narrator
of Urth ("Severian Seven: the Sleeper God of Ushas") maintains "the ability
to walk the Corridors of Time and will somehow or another end up becoming
the mausoleum builder."  He then goes on to say that the mausoleum builder
"killed Dorcas when she died the first time," which I confess I don't
follow.  In the "Mausoleum" and "Mausoleum Builder" sections of Lexicon
Urthus, Druissi acknowledges but does not explain the meaning of the five
coffins, and why two are open and three closed.  It is a theory of the five
coffins, perhaps, that I am really after.

From: Larry Miller <decanus1284 at gmail.com>
To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Five Severians
Message-ID:
        <CADQR0GpfjRzFuwjxRXAn7DfMdH=0SuMQXyC9AqBArTfo14fjtA at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

If your refering to Micheal Andre Druissis theory of the Time Slivers of
Severian, he gives a pretty good overview of 8 different Severians in
Lexicon Urthus under the Severian entry.

On Dec 13, 2013 9:59 PM, "Michael Thayer" <michael.o.thayer at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Is the so-called "five Severians" theory set down in detail anywhere?  If
so, I'd be grateful if someone could point me toward the right book or web
address.  Thanks.  -  Mike
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20131214/5c812692/attachment-0003.htm>