On Nov 28, 2007 1:12 PM, Jeff Wilson <<a href="mailto:jwilson@io.com">jwilson@io.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Severian-the-Autarch might<br>still call such a picture "a ship" in his writing of the incident, but the<br>actions and thoughts he attributes to Severian-the-boy are consistent with<br>seeing a drawing resembling watercraft visible nearby or in books and art
<br>available to him.</blockquote><div><br>But we are given to understand that people of Sev's time don't<br>even distinguish between riverine craft, pelagic craft, and<br>cosmic craft - they are all "ships" to these people, and you
<br>might "sail" to Lune as easily as to Bes Pelargic. <br></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant<br>-----<br><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer">
http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer</a><br><a href="http://www.danehyoakes.com">http://www.danehyoakes.com</a><br>I am miserable, he is miserable,<br>We are miserable.<br>Can't we have a party? Would he rather have a party?