<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Yes. The sentance ends with "last"</div><div>I think this story Definitely gets overthought and under-felt.</div><div>Sorry, that's a terrible way to put it. I think the essence is often lost when we worry so much over these extended possibilities. <br><br></div><div>Did anyone even notice my recent verticality metaphor? (Foes of the Increate) I don't think anyone has laid that out before, yet it is right there under your nose and doesn't require assembling elusive fragments of perceived clues, and frankly seems to be a huge symbolic reality that the plot is stretched tautly over. It surprises me that these things remain hidden while we elaborate on whether or not the House Absolute is a crashed ship. It is an interesting exercise but it doesn't really get us any closer to the essence of the work. (which isn't to say good stuff can't come of such thinking. I'm still reeling over the idea that Latro is a werewolf.</div><div>~witz</div><div><br></div><div><br><br></div><div><br>On Dec 14, 2010, at 12:18 PM, DAVID STOCKHOFF <<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">ha! Right in front of me. <div><br></div><div>Proof that you must avoid over-thinking when reading Wolfe.<br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 12/14/10, Jordon Flato <i><<a href="mailto:jordonflatourth@gmail.com">jordonflatourth@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Jordon Flato <<a href="mailto:jordonflatourth@gmail.com">jordonflatourth@gmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: (urth) Father Inire: teratoid<br>To: "The Urth Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:urth@lists.urth.net">urth@lists.urth.net</a>><br>Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 2:29 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1041401491"><p>Uh...i always thought the word was "last"...because that word ends the riddle and so completes it nicely.</p>
<p></p><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 14, 2010 9:50 AM, "DAVID STOCKHOFF" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=dstockhoff@verizon.net"><a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a></a>> wrote:<br><br><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr>
<td valign="top" style="font:inherit;">Plausible. <div><br></div><div>Has anyone else thought that the word Wolfe is thinking of when Severian writes about the serpent and sword (some strong allusion right there) "----st" is the word "Christ"?<br>
<br>--- On <b>Tue, 12/14/10, Jerry Friedman <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jerry_friedman@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=jerry_friedman@yahoo.com"><a href="mailto:jerry_friedman@yahoo.com">jerry_friedman@yahoo.com</a></a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;">
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