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Hercules also killed Nessus, if that helps. As I recall, Deionara, who was Mrs. Hercules? The main squeeze of Hercules? had Nessus help her across a river, and then he tried t…
01 Jan 2011, 05:49
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"Nessus" is the centaur whose blood killed Hercules. I always took it as kind of an ironic inversion of "Buenos Aires"; "foul blood" as opposed to "fair winds". Adam…
01 Jan 2011, 01:08
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I just realized (this is probably not a satori to anyone but me) that two of the major Wolfean Themes can be summed up in two pithy sentences, and that they are intertwined (and, o…
27 Dec 2010, 15:56
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Damn Zeno and his paradoxes! I can never quite get there!…
21 Dec 2010, 22:20
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Since we have time-travel and reincarnation, we could just take this to the logical conclusion and posit that everyone in UotNS--male, female, cacogen--is one incarnation or anothe…
21 Dec 2010, 21:52
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A couple years ago I looked and could not find any actual photo from the Apollo missions that replicated the scene described. Adam…
17 Dec 2010, 20:22
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THIS ALZABO TASTES LIKE LION.…
16 Dec 2010, 18:48
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Wow! A Tetrahedral Teratoid Trinity! Adam…
15 Dec 2010, 22:44
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They're just like regular panels, except the ends are gold-plated and they cost eight times as much. Adam…
15 Dec 2010, 20:33
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Vinyl stickers! Or even...... SPAAAAAAAAACE paint. Adam…
14 Dec 2010, 02:29
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On Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:29:11 -0800, "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" This would, indeed, be one instance in which I would be a humongous fan of minimalism. Much better, in the case of this, …
13 Dec 2010, 19:32
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Which album is *that* on? I think I'll give it a miss if it's all the same to you... Adam…
13 Dec 2010, 19:28
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Architecture? Well, Jonas was from a time not that far in advance of ours, one in which recognizably Korean names were still familiar. And the room was pretty clearly a large pa…
13 Dec 2010, 04:49
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Why IS a raven like a writing-desk, anyway?…
10 Dec 2010, 23:17
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Ah, so you agree that Silk is Odin. Good to know. Adam…
10 Dec 2010, 23:01
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The Red King. Duh. Adam…
10 Dec 2010, 18:17
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Indeed. However, anyone on the list who will be in St. Louis and wants to meet, I'll be happy to, and even buy the first beer. Adam…
03 Dec 2010, 20:55
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Quite apart from _Orphans of the Sky_, I'm pretty sure that it's the Outsider speaking through Oreb to his Fisher of Men. Adam…
15 Sep 2010, 21:05
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Man, leave it to Hethor, huh? Adam…
08 Sep 2010, 02:52
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Remember the nearly-offensive Asian accent in _AEG_ ? Yeah, the one that mispronounced "L" as "R" ? So...how *did* Silk get himself, or a splinter of himself, into a siren? Adam…
30 Aug 2010, 17:16
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Shrek. Because Wolfe is trolling us. Adam…
30 Aug 2010, 17:04
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I have a Theory. Wolfe is an Aggie. Texas A&M and Rice University have no love lost between them. The founder of Rice was one William Marsh Rice. So maybe Wolfe just likes nami…
20 Aug 2010, 19:48
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Who will be the first to wonder if the _Soldier_ books take place on Blue or St. Croix or Urth?…
18 Aug 2010, 14:43
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Briquettes. Adam…
14 Aug 2010, 16:24
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I love the idea that some other Severian, watching from the audience, dropped the coin. Adam…
14 Aug 2010, 03:41
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Inire as inhumus has certainly been floated before, although I seem to recall discussion focussing on the wry neck rather than the monkeytude. Adam…
09 Aug 2010, 04:35
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Audrey Farber? Melanie Hayworth? How about...Betty Jo Bialowski? ....oh, you mean Nancy. I'll just sit here in the waiting room.…
04 Aug 2010, 22:10
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Cyby. Who is all grown up--indeed, in his middle years--and is still only an apprentice, to someone who is for the most part beneath the notice of the Powers. Adam…
01 Aug 2010, 18:48
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Oh, man. I haven't thought of _Wings of Desire_ for a long time, but I loved that film. Me, I was thinking of _Dogma_. Adam…
30 Jul 2010, 00:32
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No, nothing AT ALL like that. RIDE THE SNAKE, Adam…
30 Jul 2010, 00:29
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Doesn't Severian think Baldanders is simple for a while? Also: does "fuel" count as "catamite"? My reading of the child is that he's not there for Baldanders' *sexual* satisfact…
29 Jul 2010, 13:04
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OBJECTION TWO: given what "destriers" are, for all we know, New Sun "chicks" are scaly reptilian horrors, or fourteen-legged Space Mollusks, or....…
27 Jul 2010, 18:42
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Objection! Why should the carpet match the drapes? Adam…
27 Jul 2010, 18:41
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So was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. As was Robert E. Lee. Adam…
22 Jul 2010, 04:12
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I figured that Baldanders had long ago learned to channel his energies into studies that would increase his longevity and power. Or, to quote the punchline of an old but good joke…
22 Jul 2010, 04:02
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I'm going with "Balrog." Adam…
21 Jul 2010, 05:08
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Just enlightened.…
20 Jul 2010, 23:01
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They know their actions (if successful) will bring death to millions, but unlike most other citizens of the Commonwealth, they are keenly aware that there are things much, much w…
19 Jul 2010, 13:16
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Customs and rules Often not just for fools That's a more'.…
18 Jul 2010, 16:18
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I assumed Severian was just assuming his book would end up on the Library's shelves, and that is where the reader would most likely encounter it. Adam…
16 Jul 2010, 13:16
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"Pray pardon me for my lack of grammar, sir. Where are you from, asshole?" Adam…
14 Jul 2010, 00:19
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Given Inire's role with respect to time and mirror portals, the infinitive seems perflectly plausible. One might reflect that Severian's name could be taken to be a rather obvou…
12 Jul 2010, 22:52
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Or Julhi in the eponymous C.L. Moore story starring Northwest Smith. Adam…
10 Jul 2010, 00:00
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Oh, crossed wires: Those are among the characteristics of Judge Holden in _Blood Meridian_ which are not invented by McCarthy but narrated or invented by Chamberlain. Adam…
09 Jul 2010, 03:15
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Well, yes indeed Judge Holden is reminiscent of Baldanders. But the creepier thing is that the Judge, well, he's not really a fictional character. Or if he is, he's Chamberlain's…
08 Jul 2010, 19:11
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"FOURTEEN!" shouted the.... oh, never mind. Also, see "The House of Asterion." Adam…
07 Jul 2010, 13:17
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It's _The Phantom Tollbooth_, but from memory, so it's probably incorrect. Adam…
07 Jul 2010, 13:15
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"FOURTEEN!" shouted the Humbug, always eager to be first with the wrong answer.…
07 Jul 2010, 03:28
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The Librarian gets angry if you call him a monkey. Oook. Adam…
07 Jul 2010, 03:10
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Was that the one with the giant with a ship for a head, and the magic black beans, and the boy fishing for the Sun? Adam…
06 Jul 2010, 22:59
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