Oh, I see what you mean. I'd thought he referred to his much shorter capture by the Ascians in Citadel, which admittedly seemed much shorter than a year, since he says the Autarch (as Severian and the old autarch) was absent for a month only in XXIV of Citadel. However, I dismissed that as another self-contradiction by Severian.
<br>But, if it's true, then that means he must have been captured twice - one would think that would somehow have been more important than it's been, but I suppose that's solidly in the realm of speculation.<br>
<br>Paul<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Roy C. Lackey</b> <<a href="mailto:rclackey@stic.net">rclackey@stic.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<br>Paul B wrote:<br><br>>Hi! I saw this alluded to in the archives, but wasn't able to find a text<br>>reference - where does it say that Severian spent a year as an Ascian<br>slave,<br>>after becoming Autarch?
<br>>That's a curious detail that came as a surprise to me.<br><br>URTH, chapter LI, second page. But it doesn't quite say he was a slave then.<br><br>-Roy<br><br>_______________________________________________
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