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<font face="Verdana" size="-1">Eric Ortlund wrote:</font>
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cite="mid:4E82554550FE5149AD4B30A4FEA22492AF8A82@xchange.briercrest.ca"
type="cite"><font face="Verdana" size="-1">1) What is the larger
significance of the story Sev reads to Jonas about<br>
the man fleshed from dreams? ...</font><font face="Verdana" size="-1"><br>
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<font face="Verdana"><small>I think there are a number of things we can
pull from this. First, the man crafted from dreams (after much toil by
the magician) could be both Jonas, as others have suggested, or
possibly even the groomed New Sun, Severian. <br>
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I thought the black ship creature symbolized Abaia. The young ladies,
virgins I thought, that are taken by the black ship might be his
brides. This props up the "Pelagic Argosy" reference. I always took
the Pelagic Argosy to mean Abaia and perhaps his minions (if we take
the term to mean a fleet and not one vast ship). <br>
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Night, I believe, the dark lady who helps the hero of the story, might
also be seen as something like Tzadkiel.<br>
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cite="mid:4E82554550FE5149AD4B30A4FEA22492AF8A82@xchange.briercrest.ca"
type="cite"><font face="Verdana" size="-1">2) When Severian meets
Rudesind the second time before meeting the ...</font><font
face="Verdana" size="-1"></font><font face="Verdana" size="-1"><br>
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<font face="Verdana" size="-1">I think, as others have stated, that
Severian's Citadel and The House Absolute are indeed connected to each
other via passages, some physical, some temporal, etc. Also, I believe
Rudesind to be a puppet of Inire, if not something less innocent. <br>
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Rudesind, Inire, and Fechin are all described at one point or another
(often many times) in relation to a monkey (Inire's staff, Rudesind's
old hunched form climbing the ladder, Fechin's arms). I'm not sure
entirely what the connection is here, but I've got a feeling there is
one. Fechin is mentioned by Rudesind and also by little Severian's
grandfather. All of these people are, we are led to believe, quite
old. I'm only a little more than halfway reading the New Sun books
again after a few years, so maybe there's more I'm missing that appears
later.</font><br>
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-Jeff Eoff<br>
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