Subject: Re: (urth) TBOTNS as political document and the wait for new sun
From: Josh Geller 
Date: 10 Jul 2003 08:55:41 -0700

On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 02:22, matthew.malthouse@guardian.co.uk wrote:

> Severian states that he sent one copy of the manuscript to the library at 
> the citadel and will cast the second - the copy we are reading - into the 
> void.

That's what he says.

> Wouldn't a conscious effort at propaganda require a rather more active 
> effort at publication and dissemination? 

How extensive is the Library again?

Doesn't Severian remark to the effect that 'surely the rabble of the
city are not permitted here'? I don't recall him receiving an answer,
do you?

In a society that does not have mechanical printing, where would be
the most likely place to find a scriptorium? 





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