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From: raster@highfiber.com (Charles Dye) Subject: (urth) Regency Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1998 16:43:43 adam louis stephanides <astephan@students.uiuc.edu> writes: >2) The entry for Valeria states that "she becomes regent during the >decades of [Severian's] absence." I don't think this is correct. >In _Urth_, ch. IV, p. 27 (hardcover), Severian says: "'I was the >Autarch--the ruler--of the Commonwealth; now I'm the surrogate of Urth, >and its ambassador.'" Later, there's this dialogue: "'Then you still >claim you're really the Autarch?' 'I was,' I told him." (ch. XVI, p. 115) >These passages indicate clearly that when Severian left Urth, he ceased to >be the Autarch. That being the case, Valeria could not have been >Severian's regent. Furthermore, Eata refers to Valeria as being Autarch >before she marries Dux Caesidius. (ch. XLVI, p. 328) I also disagree, though for a different reason. Near the top of chapter 34 of "Urth" Severian indicates that Father Inire is minding the store. I could be mistaken, but I think the last regency in England was George the Fourth's, after George III was declared insane ...? raster@highfiber.com *More Wolfe info & archive of this list at http://www.urth.net/urth/