(urth) Urth is a colonised planet

[António Pedro Marques]

But the idea of colonisation involves settlers. 

No dia 26/09/2017, às 16:55, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> escreveu:

> 
> This just occurred to me as I was talking about _BOTNS_ in another venue.
> 
> We often talk about _FHOC_ as a discussion of colonisation, which of course it is.
> 
> But Urth in Severian's time is surely a colonised planet.  What brought it home to me was that I referred to visiting aliens, and I subsequently remembered they were called cacogens by the poeple of the Commonwealth.  But in fact they are the alien ruling class, enacting their decrees via the local aristocracy.
> 
> Urth has a glorious history, of course - Typhon conquered many star systems.  But now it has been brought to heel.
> 
> - Gerry Quinn
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