I did not stick around to read it all, the first hint of a spoiler sent me back here to warn others. Neil knows the material really well, he wrote the introduction to the recent limited edition of The Book of the New Sun for the Folio Society for example, so I should have trusted him not to blow it.
Re:Ends of the Urth
by egypturnash on Saturday June 22, 2019 @08:43PM
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This article is that introduction.
He also says that Wolfe told him who Severian's mother is, but leaves that undisclosed.