(urth) Silk/Horn in the Matachin Tower
Gerry Quinn
gerry at bindweed.com
Wed Feb 6 06:07:21 PST 2013
From: Antonin Scriabin
> Is there indication in The Book of the New Sun that any of the clients at the
> time of Severian's childhood might in fact be Silk/Horn? If Wolfe had the
> vision and plan for the "Solar Cycle" in this depth back while writing TBONS,
> that would be most impressive.
Gurloes used to ‘talk to’ (or taunt, who knows) the mad clients in the lowest floor. But I don’t recall any mention of Severian ever encountering several clients held together, and Silk/Horn was always with a group.
I don’t believe any such thesis is feasible. Typhon would have had to make a reference – albeit perhaps oblique - to launching the Whorl. Anything else would be, in Wolfe’s terms, “lame” – just as he said it would have been lame not to have Silk/Horn visit Severian.
- Gerry Quinn
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