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<pre>Roy - Could be. But I think it a little odd that no one in seven books ever
suggests that Silk, even at the age of forty-three, looks anything like the
Pas of art or theophany, and Mint saw him at that age. In the case of
Severian, an innkeeper pointed out to him how much he looked like an older
Ouen.
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Even people strongly disinclined to "clone-theories" have recognized
strong associations between Silk and Typhon/Pas. I suspect Wolfe
--who left far more subtle narrative details inexplicit-- considered
such a reference to be too "on the nose".<br>
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type="cite">D. Tallman- We ought to look at resemblances people
really notice in the books and see what explanations are possible.
1) Silk mistakes his astral-travelling older self for Patera
Pike. This was in bad light and just a glimpse of the lower part
of his face.<br>
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I now believe that the real Patera Pike could not have been the
astral-traveling Rajan. Too many references to Pike as a young man.
Since I consider the "mistaken identity" explanation unacceptable in
a Wolfe novel, clones are the only explanation I can think of. If
anyone can think of another reason Silk would mistake the Rajan for
Pike, I'm open for business. <br>
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2) Severian mistakes the astral-travelling Silk for Master
Malrubius. This is more troubling because Sev got a longer look
and he has a near-photographic memory.<br>
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Don Doggett had a very wide-ranging clone theory that involved even
Severian himself being a clone of one of the sons of Typhon.
Obviously, with Time travel on the table in the Book and Urth of the
New Sun, there are other explanations available. But clones should
not be dispensed in this case for merely philosophical preferences.<br>
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Sev _does_ make blatant errors in memory where he should not. But I
doubt that is the issue here.<br>
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type="cite">The Severian that Silk meets is probably an early
iteration, maybe even Sev1. He keeps his dog longer, and he has a
relationship with Merryn and probably not with Thecla. It seems
like he draws inspiration from the goodness of Silk, and maybe
that "ghost" incident drove him out of the Guild and to the north
to become Autarch for the first time. The aquastor who helps him
in later iterations is probably drawn more from Silk than from the
old Malrubius.<br>
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Minor errors in timelines are notorious as errors authors make in
sequels. I would prefer that-- since otherwise divining what is
going on becomes even more daunting.<br>
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u+16b9<br>
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