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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=severiansola@hotmail.com
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<DIV><BR>> But with further readings and research you come to learn
that<BR>> Urth is a spelling for one of the three Norns, the one who<BR>>
embodies the Past. This could be a coincidence until you become <BR>> aware
of how learned and immersed in mythology Gene Wolfe is. It<BR>> is unlikely
to be an accident.<BR> <BR>> Furthermore, the other two Norns, Skuld and
Verthandi are also <BR>> referenced. This seems to me a clear example of
Wolfe speaking in <BR>> code to those who are (or become) familiar with the
minutiae of <BR>> Norse mythology. Urth is not the future. It is not the
present. <BR>> It is the past.</DIV>
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<DIV>You are ignore the actual context of the references. Urth, Verthandi
and Skuld are all planets of the same solar system in the same cycle, and the
reasons they are given the names Past, Present and Future are explained.</DIV>
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<DIV>- Gerry Quinn</DIV>
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