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I am almost half done. I am so far really liking it!
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I also thought the notule might be the model for the executioners' cloaks. And I also took the eating of the flesh literally. He's missing the drinking of blood though!
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That is a beautiful picture!
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(Quote) That was my assumption, but you know what they they say about assuming! :smiley:
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(Quote) Hahaha! So full it leaks out and makes a mess! :wink:
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Went through the first two chapters tonight. So far... excellent! I have liked everything I have read from Innes!
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Audiobooks frustrate me to no end. :smiley:
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Once again, Severian proves himself fickle and self-centered. One might argue that he gave himself to Vodalus first, but then one would be quibbling. :D
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Yes, that will add greatly to your mystique! :o
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You must learn to nod your head sagely and say nothing at moments like these, @RichardAbbott - I am convinced at least half of Gandalf's power came from that mannerism!
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Interesting.
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Looks like fun! I'm in!
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(Quote) I thought it was for tl;dr reasons - it has the gist of the review in it. :smiley:
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Your reaction seems consistent with mine, @RichardAbbott - even to the Doc Smith feel comparison. It is full of a sense of wonder and the pace cracks along. I didn't realize it was a YA book, and was missing the adult feel in the relationships, but …
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I agree, @RichardAbbott - I am much happier with him making decisions and doing something rather than dithering and having stuff done to him. Doesn't make those decisions any more intelligent, though! :wink:
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(Quote) Why do you think i called him a fool? :D
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Some action, but again, Severian is shown to be the favored fool of God, as he should have died for his sheer stupidity. :D
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Don't we have three more chapters, @dr_mitch?
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I'm currently reading Farley Mowat's Farfarers, which sets forth his theory that the aboriginal inhabitants of Scotland - who he calls the Albans - got pushed into the north and highlands by the Armoricans, who fled Gaul and the Romans and became th…
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Good! I would love to read this, Chris! I really like Hammond Innes!
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I would love to read a book! Don't ask me to lead the discussion, though!
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@Apocryphal - I too did not remember Jonas. I thought he was a new character with this chapter. @RichardAbbott - Severian is making himself very difficult for me to sympathize with.
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(Quote) That matches my understanding so far.
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"that we are capable only of being what we are remains our unforgivable sin" is not Catholic thought. Tolkien would have put it differently - perhaps that we are capable only of being what we are remains our GREATEST sin? Nothing is unforg…
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Oh! Cool, @RichardAbbott! That would be most cromulent! :p
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@Apocryphal - I am still not working, and cannot afford to lay out this much for a paperback. I am living on cheap kindle books. I wish I could! As I have said before, I know little about pre-renaissance culture and do not at all understand the pre-…
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Actually, they spoke Pictish, which was a Brittonic language related to Welsh and Cornish. They can infer that from place names carried into the Gaelic after they merged with the Gaels of Dal Riata in the 10th century, which is handily when Christia…
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Chris - I don't know if you can suppress learning and still have a Scotland. IIRC, the Scots have always had a very high literacy rate, even in the medieval period. From Wikipedia: "In the High Middle Ages, new sources of education arose, such …
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(Quote) Works for me! I'd pay to see that movie! :smiley:
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Severian: Skeletor Dr. Talos: Dr. Quest Baldanders: Bluto Thecla: Wonder Woman (from Justice League cartoon) Agia: Jessica Rabbit Dorcas; Olive Oyl