(urth) So Where DID the Guard go?

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No dia 05/05/2014, às 15:54, "Gerry Quinn" <gerry at bindweed.com> escreveu:

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> From: Andrew Mason
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>> I'm sure that _Short Sun_ (specifically _In Green's Jungles_) does indeed tell us
>> where the guard went; but I'm equally sure that this was not the answer Wolfe
>> had in mind when he wrote _New Sun_; he wasn't planning _that_ far ahead.
>> So we can still ask what his original intention was. (The presence of the citizen
>> volunteers suggests that either the guard is  quite often absent, or his
>> presence is ineffective.)
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> Okay, I'll bite - when and where does it tell us?  I can't think of anything in _In Green's Jungles_ that references current events on Urth.
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> There are references in _Return to the Whorl_, and even a visit to the Necropolis.  But that must have been later, as Severian already had Triskele.

I'm one of those eagerly waiting for a reply.