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<font size=3>At 07:54 AM 4/7/2007, you wrote:<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I think you should consider
Latro and Able for an answer to this <br>
question.<br><br>
Severian's promiscuity has a lot to do with his brand of anti-hero.
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He's a guy who is generally nasty and bad to the core, does bad
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things reflexively, and yet he is a prophesied vessel of redemption
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for the human race.</blockquote>
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<x-tab> </x-tab>Gene's
answer to me about Severian in general was that Sev has a horrible
background and is only gradually overcoming it. His calling, of course,
is far better than his person, as you say above. Additionally, Wolfe
knows enough about other cultures to know that the idea of male chastity
is pretty much limited to Jewish and Christian societies, and really
mostly to Protestant or Protestant-influenced Christian societies.
Severian is not living in such a society.<br><br>
Nutria</font></body>
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