<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Larry -- Druissi's eight Severians theory is a bit opaque.  It seems that Severians Four, Seven, and Eight are the same Severian, and Severians Three and Five are not Severian at all (I'm not sure why the Claw ("Severian Three") or the White Fountain ("Severian Five") are considered versions of Severian).  The theory is especially opaque when it comes to the "Mausoleum Builder" ("Severian Eight").  Druissi says that the narrator of Urth ("Severian Seven: the Sleeper God of Ushas") maintains "the ability to walk the Corridors of Time and will somehow or another end up becoming the mausoleum builder."  He then goes on to say that the mausoleum builder "killed Dorcas when she died the first time," which I confess I don't follow.  In the "Mausoleum" and "Mausoleum Builder" sections of Lexicon Urthus, Druissi acknowledges but does not explain the meaning of the five coffins, and why two are open and three closed.  It is a theory of the five coffins, perhaps, that I am really after.   <br>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Larry Miller <</span><a href="mailto:decanus1284@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">decanus1284@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">If your refering to Micheal Andre Druissis theory of the Time Slivers of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Severian, he gives a pretty good overview of 8 different Severians in</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Lexicon Urthus under the Severian entry.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">On Dec 13, 2013 9:59 PM, "Michael Thayer" <</span><a href="mailto:michael.o.thayer@gmail.com" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">michael.o.thayer@gmail.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">wrote:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">></span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> Is the so-called "five Severians" theory set down in detail anywhere?  If</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">so, I'd be grateful if someone could point me toward the right book or web</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">address.  Thanks.  -  Mike</span><br></div></div>