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<A title=crushtv@gmail.com href="mailto:crushtv@gmail.com">James Wynn</A>
</DIV><BR>What's the narrative advantage of Dorcas being Severian's
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>It creates verisimiltude at least; Severian can
raise the dead, but he does not walk around surrounded by a crowd of newly
raised returnees. Yet how would he discover he can raise the dead, if it
does not happen? The answer is that he inadvertently gets put in a
place/position where he spontaneously raises one close to him.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't think it is vital or necessarily even
important to the overall story that Dorcas is his grandmother.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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