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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…
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Works for me!
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Yes, I think we're secure with The Land God Gave to Cain for June. I'll make an announcement.
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I don't recall that, but you're welcome to it - nothing else is planned. What book was it? The last discusson I remember having is this one. which listed a lot of books, but didn't garner many "Ooh, yeah, let's do those"s. https://ttrpbc.…
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One of the books I read recently proposed that the Romans saw the celts north of the wall as either Romanized or a Non-Romanized, and they labelled the latter collectively as Picti, or painted celts. As time went on, being non romanized became a bad…
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@dr_mitch For my purposes I was thinking of something on a much smaller scale, so certainly an empire isn't needed. The valleys of Tibet mentioned above works nicely, or even the modern Scottish Isles, or the Azores. A widening schism between the l…
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It was probably me that recommended The Farfarers to both of you. It's an endearing piece of folk history. These is definitely a clash of civilizations in Early Medieval Scotland. Between the fall of Rome and the year 1000 we get romanized Britons …
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Sounds like it's up to me to lead and nominate, then, but something everyone will like, and available in multiple formats... How about The Land God Gave to Cain by Hammond Innes, since he was discussed recently? An adventure set in the wilds of Lab…