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That wasn't what I meant to imply (I actually hadn't been thinking about thuggee at all). But Kali is a goddess of death, and I don't know why Wolfe would drop in a reference to K…
03 Feb 2002, 15:02
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It's called "In Glory Like Their Star." It was in the Oct/Nov 2001 issue of Fantasy and Science Fiction. It is very good. --Adam…
31 Jan 2002, 15:14
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I think that Wolfe disapproves of the revolution there, though he doesn't like the corporate forces of order either (but I'd have to read it again to be sure). I looked at a copy …
08 Jan 2002, 15:43
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In other works Wolfe approves not just of civil disobedience but of revolution: Silkhorn leads a revolution in Dorp, and Wolfe endorses the revolution that is gathering at the end …
07 Jan 2002, 05:33
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Andy, I think you're putting too much emphasis on the libertarian elements in Wolfe's political thought (which are certainly present), at the expense of his call for submission to …
04 Jan 2002, 19:49
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[summary snipped] I agree that these are probably Wolfe's political views, with a couple of exceptions: This I'm not so sure about. None of Wolfe's "good rulers" are reared for …
04 Jan 2002, 15:31
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The Thoreau bit (which I rather liked) was also quoted in "Death of the Island Doctor," iirc. I hadn't known it was by Thoreau, though. --Adam…
03 Jan 2002, 17:01
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Not feudalism, but an idealized version of Merrie Olde England, in which the squire or local aristocrat (or factory owner) is the acknowledged leader of the community, dispensing c…
03 Jan 2002, 16:59
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No, it's an essay specifically about Tolkien, originally published in INTERZONE. It's posted at http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/docindex.html --Adam…
02 Jan 2002, 23:36
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Thanks for putting this essay on your website, Andy; it's a great service. I agree that it's an important essay for Wolfe scholars, even if you don't care about Tolkien, as I don't…
02 Jan 2002, 15:13
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If your brother's bookclub will consider a short story collection I'd suggest THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR DEATH... if it's still in print. I think that's the best introduction to Wolfe f…
09 Dec 2001, 15:38
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For the sake of civility, I suggest that people refrain from making claims for the superiority of one religion over another on this list. I would dispute Jim Jordan's comments, bu…
02 Dec 2001, 14:31
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The first time this subject came up, mantis contributed a list of the "books" in BIBLIOMEN which included seven books not on his more recent list: Brooks, Robert T., (Spinning Jen…
19 Oct 2001, 23:07
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I actually brought this up a few months ago; the thread should be in the most recent volume of the archives, if you can downloaded it. I offered to collect suggestions and send th…
15 Oct 2001, 19:19
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I read that story a long time ago, and don't remember it that well. I vaguely recall their being a priest in it; is that right? In any case, "Queen" is Catholic in a different se…
12 Oct 2001, 00:14
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Stephanides When I said the first part was brilliantly directed, I had temporarily forgotten Dr. Hobby's lecture, which I agree is a clumsy device. "This is what the film is goin…
07 Oct 2001, 11:01
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This I don't recall. My recollection is that children were rare, not because humanity is becoming infertile but because the world is short on resources so childbearing is strictly…
27 Aug 2001, 21:22
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At the time of the big PEACE discussion, I dreamed up a theory as a reductio ad absurdum of the unreliable Weer: that nothing interesting actually happened to Weer--he made up Bobb…
11 Jul 2001, 11:03
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Somewhere in storage I have an anthology of rare psychedelic rock from the 60s which includes a track by a group called, iirc, Steerpike, which released a concept album whose conce…
02 Jul 2001, 22:49
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[snip] I think the distinction between "strict biography" and "biography in novel form" does exist in the Lupiverse, although perhaps not in those precise terms. Evidence: 1) In…
22 Jun 2001, 21:27
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Narr begins the paragraph by saying that he has confused Seawrack's ring with Oreb's. He goes on to say "I should go back and line out my mistake, I suppose, but I hate lining thi…
22 Jun 2001, 15:06
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Thanks. We know what the editors called it: _Book of the Short Sun_ (RttW, 410). --Adam *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
21 Jun 2001, 18:09
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I'm sure there are; but my question applies to these too. Did people of the time regard these attributions as merely a convention? Or were they fooled into thinking they were rea…
21 Jun 2001, 11:31
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A New Sun/Sailor Moon crossover. --Adam *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
20 Jun 2001, 21:47
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I don't think the crucial difference is that TBOTSS has a single author. While Wolfe is the sole real author, there are several fictional authors, whose goals in writing differ to …
15 Jun 2001, 23:12
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In SHADOW OF THE TORTURER (chap. VI), Master Ultan speaks of _The Book of Gold_ as the book which, when a child discovers it, leads to his becoming a librarian. It may be, though,…
14 Jun 2001, 15:42
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Why not? Looking at the passage in SHADOW where it's first mentioned, it seems to be a perfectly legitimate book, and it undoubtedly doesn't exist. There's also (in the same pass…
14 Jun 2001, 00:05
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I don't agree. We "believe" in the accuracy of Horn's account because, as you wrote in an earlier post, it is a literary convention to accept a narrator as truthful and correct un…
13 Jun 2001, 20:16
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Found three more, all in "From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton" (in STOREYS FROM THE OLD HOTEL). STAR SHUTTLE by Gilray Gunn (Gilmer C. Merton) COME, DARK LUST! by Wolf Moon THE SHRI…
12 Jun 2001, 21:58
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Theoretically, yes. In practice, I don't see how we can reach satisfactory answers. Of course, we can know what they don't consider to be obvious errors--what they've left stand (…
11 Jun 2001, 10:51
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Well, the use of Dark/Light imagery doesn't necessarily indicate influence from Manichaeanism--it's common enough. In fact, I don't recall noticing any influence of Manichaeanism …
28 May 2001, 15:20
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No. "Balthamos said quietly, '...He was never the creator. He was an angel like ourselves--the first angel, true, the most powerful, but he was formed of Dust as we are, and Dust…
26 May 2001, 08:41
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You post inspired me to reread the story. While I liked it better the second time, I wouldn't call it top-flight Wolfe. I didn't much care for "The Ziggurat," actually, but "Try …
28 Apr 2001, 10:32
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To be honest, I bought _The Sea-Rabbit_ several years before coming across _The Secret Service_, and started to read it, but didn't get it at all (whereas I fell in love with _The …
27 Apr 2001, 19:30
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I actually think I know this now (it just came to me). There were thousands of human corpses in the sewer, all drained of blood. In combination with the Secret, this indicates th…
27 Apr 2001, 09:07
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Not that they couldn't bridge the gap (I think the inhumi do fly from Green to Blue, despite the physical implausibility), but that they had no reason to, since they had plenty of …
26 Apr 2001, 13:57
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There are the thousand of dead bodies in the sewer on Green, whom Horn says have "bled to death" (IGJ, 380); and elsewhere, iirc, Horn says or implies that the inhumi on Green drai…
26 Apr 2001, 09:58
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I think that under the circumstances, with Horn believing himself under imminent threat of death, he might not be so precise. But I'll grant that this is the passage which is the …
25 Apr 2001, 22:26
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At the moment, very little is going on, and we've been given permission by the list's moderator to discuss Crowley (though there doesn't seem to be much interest at the moment). B…
25 Apr 2001, 22:22
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Or the protagonist suddenly discovering he can travel in spirit to other planets? <g> --Adam…
25 Apr 2001, 18:22
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There is a passage which seems to suggest this: Evensong whispered, "You know their secret. You could destroy them." "Yes. I couldn't kill them here and now, if that's what yo…
24 Apr 2001, 19:57
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Because although Horn doesn't think it can be used, the inhumi do. Kind of like Reagan and Star Wars; in a sense it was a weapon, although most scientists believe that it couldn't…
24 Apr 2001, 09:39
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Right. --Adam *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
24 Apr 2001, 09:31
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Hello, Michael: You seem to have sent two posts to the urth list, identical in text, but one with the above subject line and the other with the subject line "Re: ENGINE SUMMER: wh…
22 Apr 2001, 22:03
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Since my first response, one potentiality has occurred to me. Assuming that there are not enough humans on Green to maintain the population of intelligent inhumi, the Secret impli…
22 Apr 2001, 21:59
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Against this theory: 1) There is no evidence that any humans can travel astrally except in Horn's presence. 2) There is no evidence that the Neighbors will grant humans the power…
21 Apr 2001, 13:01
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I believe so. I don't recall it, in any case (though iirc a couple of passages can be seen in retrospect to hint at it); nor do I recall any of our discussions of the secret menti…
20 Apr 2001, 09:49
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Since Ranjit has given us permission to discuss Crowley here, could you tell us what you're referring to? --Adam…
19 Apr 2001, 09:56
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I think it might be more productive, instead of seeking a blow-by-blow correspondence with the Divine Comedy a la ULYSSES, to look for correspondences between specific episodes, no…
18 Apr 2001, 19:25
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I helped proofread the Crowley and PEACE chapbooks, and I can recommend both of them (nothing against the CERBERUS chapbook; I just haven't had time to look at it closely). The Si…
17 Apr 2001, 11:10
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