<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><BR><BR>--- On <B>Fri, 10/14/11, Gerry Quinn <I><gerry@bindweed.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">But Urth *is* saved, resurrected even. As for the personal salvation of its inhabitants, that is a matter between them and what is called in Severian’s time the Increate. Regarding the Flood, Wolfe is a Catholic, and probably doesn’t fret about Biblical literalism.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: none">Gerry, we finally agree completely, completely, completely.</DIV></DIV></td></tr></table>