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mantis, How about a collaboration? Once we figure out the approach. Re wound: well, yeah, I thought about that, even thought to twit Nutria about it, but it's mostly described as…
08 Aug 1997, 12:59
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mantis, Ohhhhh! Thank you! I don't know how I missed the orbiting solar mirror, which is perfectly clearly described. And no, you're wrong about the change in direction, though I …
04 Aug 1997, 12:26
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Has anyone tracked down the poetry quoted in "The Death of Dr. Island?" The epigraph is from Hopkins and cited, but there are three fragments, uncited, quoted. And missing thee, I…
03 Aug 1997, 14:33
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THE ISLAND OF DOCTOR DEATH AND OTHER STORIES AND OTHER STORIES is newly out in the US in a trade paperback. I had never read it before, though I have read some of the famous storie…
02 Aug 1997, 17:36
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Well, yes, but you could cite any number of other books. Contemporary first-person YA novels (and even those for younger kids, like -Harriet the Spy-) all sound like that. I read a…
24 Jul 1997, 18:01
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Where can one find "The Changeling?" Aside from the Orbit collection? -alga-…
16 Jul 1997, 10:25
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mantis, Hooray for you! I love it, I love it! I had already picked up the MP connection from the first sentence of "Fifth Head," as I'm sure you did too, from the French names on …
14 Jul 1997, 19:38
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OK, mantis, I'll bite. What is Suzanne's secret origin? (I'm guessing it's a link to another story.) OTOH, how many people have discovered the secret origin of "Suzanne Delage," a…
13 Jul 1997, 09:13
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Patrick is so right about our bending ourselves into knots---for instance, I also knew the answer to my question (about Auk/Tartaros kidnapping Hy)---I just wanted to make sure, I …
12 Jul 1997, 11:03
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cephalo- I'm inclined not to blame the starship crew at all, or to look for a flaw or sin. After all, if you go along with the old dicta, you'll note that wickedness preys on inno…
12 Jul 1997, 10:46
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Just for the record, Lt. Kyle is the human leader of the robotic soldiers of "the HORARS of War" (1970). Then there's "The Death of Hyle" (1974), certainly a peculiar fragment. "Hu…
10 Jul 1997, 22:14
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Ron, in Rosemary's Baby (which you should try to rent--it's a classic of its kind), the baby, which of course we don't actually see being born, could be either a demon or the antic…
10 Jul 1997, 16:27
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Ron, I'm sort of amazed that you don't see the antichrist motif for "Hues"---to me it seems laid on with a trowel, from the title through all the "shadow" imagery through the expli…
09 Jul 1997, 11:49
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Oh, and Polyaris might also be no more than a take-off on Polaris (polar), which is also, I remind you a nuclear ballistic missile. -alga-…
06 Jul 1997, 13:15
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Two ways to go with "aris," neither perfect: there's the Greek "aristos," as in aristocrat, which means "the best." (Aristocracy is government by the best.) Going that road would m…
06 Jul 1997, 09:12
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SPOILERS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE PREPARED TO ENJOY STORY Good summary, Ron. My own reaction to this story (and, I'm afraid, to many of Wolfe's shorter stories) is one of irritation…
04 Jul 1997, 08:12
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This does not parse. [skip] Almost certainly, Agia's Theoanthropos does refer to JC, though probably not consciously. (If it were conscious, and she a believer, that would be int…
01 Jul 1997, 09:23
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Sarcos (that's a Vironese name?---as if!) Well, I'm presuming she can read. And if she can't read, there are stories, an oral tradition. How do we know of Hercules or Hecuba? And…
29 Jun 1997, 22:34
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I see The Island of Dr. Death & Other Stories & Other Stories will be reissued this summer in trade paperback ($11.95 at amazon). I certainly plan to get and read it. (It never "to…
28 Jun 1997, 17:52
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What it the Moses role was played by Quetzal?…
27 Jun 1997, 16:32
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A quote from Peter Cash, aka le lapin riche: Words that ought to be tattooed across the flea-bitten back of a certain rat-fink. And what Peter has to say about paganism, if hasty…
25 Jun 1997, 19:33
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mantis, Vance is right--we should clear up Pike's ghost. Couldn't it be a "baker's dozen" or "one-to-grow-on" question from all of us as a group on top of our individual questions…
24 Jun 1997, 16:06
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Oh, and there's another crisis that awaits Silk---fiscal bankruptcy. What happens to a society, already in chaos, with its infrastructure unmaintainable, when its wealth is suddenl…
22 Jun 1997, 11:31
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Philadelphia is scary! But I align myself with Kevin McGuire on the religious positions of both Severian and Silk. Furthermore, I think we're far from the end of Silk's story, and…
22 Jun 1997, 11:24
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Ratty, I define a Christian as someone who believes that he or she will attain eternal salvation through Jesus Christ. Severian has never heard of Jesus Christ, and he himself has…
21 Jun 1997, 10:06
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I'm not going to respond just now to cephalo's interesting post re the patterning of women (though what he says is more true than not, i.e. Dorcas=Io=Mint as Purity, and you can ca…
19 Jun 1997, 22:11
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I want to object to a creeping assumption in the last few posts, that Severian is Christian. Wolfe may be [is] Christian, it's possible that the Short Sun books may move in a Chris…
19 Jun 1997, 09:35
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Whoo! I love these answers. Some are so snide: Some are opaque---we -still- don't know about Pike's ghost! And some are ambiguously helpful. Yes, it was a legitimate expedition. …
14 Jun 1997, 23:37
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(I thought I had already posted this, but I must have screwed up as I find no evidence---late night and under influence, arrrgh.) Oyez! News directly from David Hartwell, Wolfe's …
14 Jun 1997, 11:30
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Well, how interesting. My own interpretation, from the first time I looked at the passage, is much simpler. I assumed that he saw the sun beginning to rise from the rounded horizon…
11 Jun 1997, 23:55
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All priests carry them and have been taught to use them to fix Windows. They get fancier with rank---Quetzal's is jeweled. Incus fixes Hammerstone with one, and his non-priestly bl…
04 Jun 1997, 09:47
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My hunch is that it is the Me too. Tzadkiel's ship. The hierodules' saucer isn't big enough. I'm not sure which ship Dan Rabin has in mind. -alga-…
20 May 1997, 07:40
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Yes, second cephalo: please post 15 q's so we'll know which ones to pose for next list. Thanks. -alga-…
19 May 1997, 07:44
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Ranjit: I, for one, will not be able to sit in on Gene Wolfe's People question-o-thon. Any chance of a transcript? -alga-…
17 May 1997, 14:27
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I thought of yet another question, but it may be simply a form of Talon's--if you (mantis) are going to edit these questions, you might merge this with his: 6) Was the Whorl ever …
16 May 1997, 20:03
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OK, I know I can't have all these, but I'll put them out in case someone wants to adopt one or more (any lurkers out there?). 3) How long has Quetzal been aboard? 4) Why does Auk…
16 May 1997, 09:10
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mantis- Thanks for warm greeting and second op. Here are two questions, one specific, but a bit sneaky since it tries to get 3 bits of info for the price of one, the second fairly…
16 May 1997, 08:28
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cephalo-- Hey, you've read Fishboy! And yes, that was a gorgeous opening sentence, and an altogether promising beginning. Too bad the novel bogged down midway. Have you read Peter…
16 May 1997, 08:16
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Just back from temporary exodus from LS to find question-op for Wolfe and already several profound questions. Mine isn't profound at all: Is Pike's ghost an aquastor (or whatever) …
15 May 1997, 01:19
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A league is an inexact measure of about three miles. That's very impressive whorl-analysis, vizcacha. BTW, I'm pretty sure that the house where Silk is held prisoner is Oosik's h…
19 Apr 1997, 10:09
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I concur with mantis that Keef in its Malaysian form works fine as a Vironese male name. It's the way I invariably refer to the Hon. Mr. Richards. (So does he!) I don't think Ma'a…
15 Apr 1997, 12:13
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Ranjit, sorry about this, but the urth list is coming in rather strangely (it seems to refer back to sender instead of to the listserv): Talon: I'm going to go out on a limb here…
13 Apr 1997, 15:11
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Er-um. I really hate to back off, especially when a Big Rat threatens, but I may have exaggerated that cooing. A rather hasty paging through couldn't find Thecla cooing, though The…
11 Apr 1997, 22:54
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OK, here's my contribution to Urth-mapping. Mantis was quite right when he said I hadn't even begun writing it up formally, but there may be an advantage in presenting it to you gu…
10 Apr 1997, 11:41
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But I can't resist one more reminder. Who do we KNOW was worshipped on Urth from the time of Typhoon on? Why, the Conciliator, that's who, though it's not formal worship. And who d…
08 Apr 1997, 17:15
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Well, we'll have to wait and see, won't we...plastic mousies for Keef an' me vs. Big Rat pie for the bunch a yez. (thanks for the Monty Python snicker, Talon.) -a-…
08 Apr 1997, 16:54
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With regard to the identity of the Outsider, let me remind you of Lake, 285, where Silk is telling Crane about his enlightenment: "Voices...One spoke into each ear most of the tim…
06 Apr 1997, 12:05
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Re Nutria's excellent post: Yes! Time to analyze enlightenments and mythic linkages. I wouldn't pin the lame foot on Claudius alone. There is a long, long Western tradition of th…
03 Apr 1997, 18:52
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Scouting around to see if Mamelta's name could possibly be Vironese, I came up with two weak candidates: mammole: edible fruit of Opuntia Tuna (sounds just right for a casserole--…
31 Mar 1997, 09:38
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Do we have a non-Whorl Wolfe listserv yet? Will we have one? If I want to post something non-Whorl but pertinent to side discussions, should I wait? Trying-to-be-good-Vironese-cit…
26 Mar 1997, 21:46
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