From: "Andy Robertson" 
Subject: Re: (urth) Sev's not-so-perfect memory
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 08:45:26 +0100

I personally think it's a backhand statement of the fact that Severian is
the Narrator.

Wolfe's universe is a Catholic one, and in a Catholic universe The Narrator
has a special place.

A way of putting it would be that S's memory is perfect **because this
reality conforms to his memory** not the other way round.


I am sorry if this sounds semi-mystical, but it expresses more or less what
I mean.   I think.

I am still lurking here with great enjoyment but I only have time to drop in
the odd note nowadays, and some of the notes are very odd indeed :-)


    hartshorn



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Subject: Re: (urth) Sev's not-so-perfect memory


> I wouldn't disagree with you were it not for Severian's persistant claim
> to a perfect memory.
>
> Is that claim significant or just a throw-away line.  Throw-away lines in
> Wolfe?
>
>


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