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Frick used his ill-gotten gains from oil and the railways to found a beautiful house and art gallery on the East Side of Central Park, which I visited this spring. It is an amazing…
15 Sep 2014, 09:42
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I suspect that this is one of Dan'l's tangential bits of naming information, but does anyone know anything about an American Impressionist painter called Julian Alden Wier. The n…
07 Jun 2007, 15:29
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It's nice to see Mieville receive a certain amount of criticism on the list. In UK circles he seems to be universally admired and overpraised. Just because he can churn out a thous…
05 Dec 2004, 02:38
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Buice" <mabuice at uchicago.edu> To: <urth at urth.net> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:29 PM Subject: Re: (urth) GW sightings But if all …
14 Aug 2003, 18:25
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----- Original Message ----- I couldn't agree more about the creepy attitude of RAH, but for sheer badly judged and inappropriate writing, the worst must be the childbirth scene i…
21 Apr 2003, 08:09
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Blattid makes many points against which I would find no argument. On the subject of Heinlein, maybe I am using the common view of his work, without having read that much of it.Howe…
18 Apr 2003, 17:22
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I would agree with much of what Blattid said about Moorcock, and plead guilty to oversimplifying with that "serious non-Elric" tag. But I disagree concerning Moorcock's "moral vacu…
18 Apr 2003, 06:33
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I'm finding the discussion of Wolfe-like authors fascinating, mainly because most of the writers mentioned seem to me to be so vastly different from Wolfe. The whole thing reminds …
17 Apr 2003, 15:44
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Adam, Way back in the archives there is a post from me expressing deep dissatisfaction with the Short Sun books, and because of this, I too have not been taking much part …
25 May 2002, 21:04
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Adam asks what clues there are to Horn's adultery before Seawrack. Page 249 of OBW Seawrack says "Well, a woman is what I am. Like your Nettle, or the Tamarind you talk about somet…
17 Apr 2001, 16:17
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I've just been re-reading Little Big (prompted by the discussion on this group) and by some wierd coincidence, just reached the page in Letters to Santa where Smoky reveals his rea…
26 Jun 2000, 20:18
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Despite my reservations about the conclusion of the Short Sun trilogy, I want to talk about something which Wolfe does very well in the books, namely the transformation of sinful H…
19 Feb 2000, 10:43
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I just wanted to agree with some of the things Alga said about RTTW and add some of my own comments. Although there are of course many good things in RTTW, overall I found it one …
16 Feb 2000, 13:15
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I just noticed a small reference in the Ziggurat to Keats' poem "La Belle Dame sans Merci" on page 275. Wolfe finishes the paragraph with the words "No bird sang". This is a close …
26 Oct 1999, 10:35
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I've got this theory... I know, everyone has a theory, but try this for a series of deductions. First, whatever happened to Horn in the pit was one of the most significant events …
26 Oct 1999, 04:12
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I've been reading Strange Travellers very slowly, trying to savour every story before jumping on to the next, and have now finished the book. In my opinion (and I'm trying to contr…
26 Oct 1999, 03:13
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Hello, this is my first posting to the Urth list so be gentle with me. I was tempted out of lurker status by the discussion of Kevin Malone. It was entertaining to watch two opposi…
02 Apr 1999, 08:52
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