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I’m finished. There were definitely some worthwhile things in the book, and it was better toward the end as we learned more about the races and their beliefs and interactions. However, there wasn’t a lot of originality, and the cool things have all …
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I've analyzed the roles and their times on stage and come up with the following possible roster of roles: Talos: Gabriel, The Autarch, 1st Soldier, Inquisitor Baldanders: Nod, 2nd Soldier, Severian: Meschia, The Statue, The Prophet, The Generalissi…
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I think it would be interesting to map the characters to the actors in the play, because I think each role reflects some quality of the actor. Baldanders is certainly Nod, and after the play is revealed to be a giant, for example. Severian is the ap…
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He's still only, what... 18 years old? Anybody else waiting for @RichardAbbott to explain the play? LOL
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It’s the July pick, in fact. You gave two weeks to read it, which should be plenty of time.
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I love the Ham Radio idea, and didn't think of that when reading the boo, but it seems like a great premise. Imagine a setting where the PCs are never in the room together but communicate remotely. Perhaps an adaptation of the letter-writing game by…
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OIK, so that's a smoking gun...!
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@NeilNjae You may be right - looking up the word Inire one finds this in the Wiktionary: (Quote)
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For me, I think it's only hinted at that this is the Autarch. He later tells Severian that when he later meets the Autarch he will need to kill him. But almost, not quite, a smoking gun for me that this is the Autrach is that he sends Severian into …
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I'm assuming there's a connection between the giant and the two leviathans previously mentioned - maybe Erebus. This giant is unnamed. Why are the leviathans in the story? That remains to be seen. https://ttrpbc.com/discussion/comment/1719/#Comment_…
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I haven't read it, but very much liked four other books of his.
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Interesting. The Innu of Labrador were traditionally nomadic, so I could see how Jacques Cartier arrived at the first reference. I would have liked if the Innu had played more of a role in the story. One Amazon reviewer I read complained about th…
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For my part, I do love a 'travelling' scenario and have done several. I actually don't really like how The One Ring treats travel, taking something I otherwise think is full of good roleplaying adventure potential and distilling it down to a few rol…
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I have a few observations on a re-read. This isn't my favorite Innes book, and this is largely for structural reasons, I suppose. I found it very hard to believe on a few levels - one, that Ferguson should care so much to try and penetrate the myste…
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Maybe something to keep an eye on moving forward is whether Jonas = John. I’m doubting we’ll find direct comparisons, though. Severian, at this stage, seems to represent the evils of Urth, and I wonder if Jonas will ‘baptise’ him in some way. Is Sev…
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This book is called The Claw of the Conciliator and in this group of chapters, we had a chapter of the same name. And yet, the Claw has yet to really become a character in the novel, or in the series. It still has McGuffin status, I think, but I won…
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Clash didn't capitalize on an opportunity to pun, recently. Reported.
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I'm finished. Might find time over the weekend to post some questions.
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To recap some motives, here: Jonas desires to find Jolenta, and considers himself Serverian's friend. Severian wants to serve Vodalus (has been fascinated ever since Chapter 1 of Shadow, really), to go to Thrax to begin his new life to reconcile hi…
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LEXICON (Quote) Athame: A narrow-bladed ceremonial dagger, used in Wiccan rituals. Cultellarii (Title of chapter VIII) p.257 Cultellarii: Irregular soldiers whose principle weapon is a dagger or short sword. (Quote) Baluchither: Extinct megafaun…
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LEXICON (Quote) Caloyer: A French word for a Greek monk. And again, such wonderful imagery. I love this whole leaping on the stage thing, and the effect of the flying fuligin cloak must have been something to see.
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LEXICON (Quote) Increate: That exists without having been created. (Quote) Cariole: A kind of carriage, similar to the caleches that take tourists around the streets of Old Montreal. In Canada, also a kind of sleigh or toboggan. (Quote) Lazuline:…
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Noted that Agia yet lives, and will presumably be back. Jonas has a steel hand. And what do you make of Abaia and Erebus, aquatic leviathans so large they could not leave the oceans lest their bodies collapse? (Quote)
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The railway is still in operation, with freight service run by the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (owned by the mining company) and passenger service by Tshiuetin Rail Transportation, a company owned by a group of first nations. Here are so…
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(Quote) Well, sure - your head is already full of songs.
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I have found the same. Audio books don't replace print books for me, but supplement them. I can absorb audio books best when I'm doing something menial, and washing the dishes and gardening are have proved to be ideal circumstances. I can also liste…
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Anyone else in on this one? @clash_bowley @NeilNjae Brother where ya been @Ray_Otus?
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Thanks @RichardAbbott ! Those all make sense, though on the matter of #1, I've been keeping track of the words for the lexicon, only I haven't had the time to write them up. I don't think the number of words has changed - perhaps you have become acc…
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I totally agree with @RichardAbbott . It was reported earlier that the Book of the New Sun is about a young man raised in difficult circumstances who learns to transcend those, so we should not, perhaps, expect him to make all the right choices. On…
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Am I the only one who assumes the letter from Thecla was a fake, penned by Agia in order to create another trap? Re: the whole 'lack of concern for Dorcas' line - there's a maxim in history that says "Absence of evidence is not evidence of abs…