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FROM THE FICTIONMAGS GROUP <http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailyherald/obituary.aspx?pid=168614070> TIP O' THE HAT TO GORDON VAN GELDER**…
23 Dec 2013, 05:08
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"Bluer of cheek"= more and darker stubble on theface, if shaven. A thick black beard if not shaven. And in this bit "She" refers to the condition of the ground, or rasther th…
17 Dec 2013, 05:48
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I heard tell it wus a duff experiment. THe worms who were fed chopped worms were on an ideal worm diet and learned faster for that reason. The controls had an inferior diet.…
14 Jul 2013, 03:49
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Some of my "NIGHTLAND" stuff mixes in GW vibes . . .most notably, the Great Redoubt was originally meant to be a starship . . . !!!! hartshorn…
15 May 2013, 13:02
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???? I don't see it - can you explain? hartshorn…
10 May 2013, 03:28
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----- Original Message ----- Marvellous essay!!! I have probably already told the list how, thirty years and more ago, I was in Oxford doing my degree, and went looking for C S…
07 May 2012, 10:56
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Hodgson's world view is profoundly Pagan and Stoic: Wolfe's is Catholic. It may be that this sharp divergence obscures my appreciation of an influence. I'd be intrested to kno…
18 Apr 2012, 20:50
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----- Original Message ----- "Awake in the Night." I published Mr Wright's story, in the first collection of Night Land fiction I edited, ETERNAL LOVE. It was brilliant, I a…
18 Apr 2012, 05:26
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Michael Swanwick? hartshorn…
17 Apr 2012, 19:02
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Damn leftie!! - hartshorn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Aramini" <marcaramini at yahoo.com> Is there anybody who thinks like this, or am I the only one?…
07 Aug 2011, 06:57
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A good rule of thumb is Olga's prayer g y = c hartshorn ----- Original Message -----…
02 Jun 2011, 20:12
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02 Jun 2011, 20:10
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----- Original Message ----- >> Of course, there is nothing in Romulus' or Remus' name or story to suggest <delurk> Um, has it been mentioned that " Mowgli" is supposed to mean …
23 May 2011, 21:40
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-----Original Message----- From: urth-bounces at lists.urth.net on behalf of Mr Thalassocrat Alas, no. I only know of him thru HPL's letters. He seems to have been talented ha…
13 Jul 2010, 10:57
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-----Original Message----- From: urth-bounces at lists.urth.net on behalf of David Stockhoff Sent: Tue 13/07/2010 00:21 To: The Urth Mailing List It was - hartshorn…
13 Jul 2010, 06:57
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-----Original Message----- It's in TREASONS HARBOUR. But it may be worth noting Malek Taus was Lovecraft's private epistolary title for his friend E Hoffman Price. Wolfe mi…
09 Jul 2010, 14:59
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Where I am proud to host it - hartshorn…
12 Jan 2010, 16:49
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Matthew Keeley writes: And some humble ornaments thereto http://www.thenightland.co.uk - hartshorn…
15 Dec 2008, 17:28
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James Wynn writes: Thank you for doing all this, James - hartshorn http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214-9545…
17 Nov 2008, 18:34
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Dave Tallman writes: Trabant was exploited until the riches from it unsettled the evil cabals who control the world, at which point it was poisoned by radiation. One man k…
01 Nov 2008, 17:26
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Dave Tallman writes: Hmmm, any reference to Lafferty's "Golden Trabant?" hartshorn http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214-9545…
30 Oct 2008, 18:43
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Abdul Reis???? http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Imprisoned_with_the_Pharaohs hartshorn http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214-9545…
07 Oct 2008, 06:38
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Matthew Keeley writes: If you nuke Cthulhu he reforms in five minutes - but now he's radioactive!!! Chaosium CALL OF CTHULHU rules. hartshorn…
05 Oct 2008, 09:03
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Matthew Keeley writes: Any cross reference to Dick's very powerful anti-abortion story, "The Pre-Persons," which involved just such a trope??? http://www.thenightland.co.…
22 Sep 2008, 07:39
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I still play D&D ;-) hartshorn Rjyan Kadwallader writes: http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214-9545…
21 Sep 2008, 08:29
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thalassocrat at nym.hush.com writes: a group scene with girls decking another girl with Refreence to Botticelli's **Primavera**???? - hartshorn http://www.thenightland.co.…
16 Jun 2008, 14:59
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes writes: Cordwainer Smith's solar sails spring to mind. In the framing story of "The Lady who sailed The Soul" there is a casual note that at one time the sai…
11 Jun 2008, 20:06
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Hmpf MacSlow writes: Coolth **De gustibus** I don't like the whole Germans-as-beasts vibe. It may be a comic but there's something ugly behind it. - hartshorn…
20 May 2008, 07:04
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Try - http://www.moderntales.com/comics/ballad.php http://www.texarcana.com/ http://comics.cyberneticevilstudios.com/ Never been too impressed by Barr - hartshorn…
19 May 2008, 07:11
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Jordan Dennis writes: If we're branching out . . . Currently reading the Eric Corbeyran & Marc Moreno opus **Le R?gulateur**, which is bandes dessinnee Steampunk and the best …
13 May 2008, 20:11
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes writes: In earlier days here I mooted the concept of "Catholic fantabulation" - a type of fantastic fiction that descended from the Christianised paganism of …
12 May 2008, 22:47
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Tim Walters writes: And the sainted R A Lafferty hartshorn…
12 May 2008, 19:09
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Eric Ortlund writes: see at bottom of http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/wolfemountains.html Andy R http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214-9545…
12 May 2008, 16:31
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Martinus Scriblerus writes: Now you know another - Andy R http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214-9545…
12 May 2008, 07:29
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Go for it. He's a charming chap. Oliver Wakefield writes: http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214-9545…
12 May 2008, 07:01
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[ISO-8859-2] Pavel Baki? writes: To add to what's been already stated: there's another pun in the Urth/Skuld/Verdandi triad of names. We learn from Vodalus in the wood that Ve…
24 Apr 2008, 21:32
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Pedro Pereira writes: Maybe it's time to reiterate something I am sure we all already understand Writers rarely know exactly what they are going to create when they start out…
22 Dec 2007, 15:02
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T matthew at calmeilles.co.uk writes: The reference is surely to the Vatic fountain in the House Absolute (in which a ship appears when S casts in a coin) So I asssume it's that…
03 Dec 2007, 15:42
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Stanislaus writes: Except that on Urth "ship" typically means spaceship. Sea ships are more commonly referred to as "boats," "vessels," etc. (can anyone instance the contr…
29 Nov 2007, 23:02
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Tony Ellis writes: While not disagreeing with previous responses, I want to point out that the Ship may be (in its own timeline) older than Briah but may still have its origi…
28 Nov 2007, 16:08
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes writes: Ditto, and ditto I'm sure Wolfe has read Lewis, but I don't see any sort of direct influence. What I do see is that Wolfe in the New/Long/Short …
05 Sep 2007, 10:20
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Matthew Groves writes: I recommend ARRIVE AT EASTERWINE, a lovely, funny, wise book about the Institute of Impure Science and their creaton, Epiktistes the Ktistec machine. Re…
23 Jul 2007, 12:32
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don doggett writes: Likely enough. Genocide is the rule in hominid group interactions, after all. - hartshorn http://www.thenightland.co.uk 01273-488272 / 0777-214…
21 Jun 2007, 13:02
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brunians at brunians.org writes: Could be a mutation. Genetic studies claim to show that genes that control the brain are evolving fast, and by fast I mean in historical, …
21 Jun 2007, 06:57
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don doggett writes: Well HPL pops up in PEACE, as I recall, (though not named) and bits of the fake-but-becoming-real Necronomicon are read, so Wolfe is obviously a fan. h…
20 Jun 2007, 07:34
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brunians at brunians.org writes: The actual literary progression in HPL's writing was 1) pseudo-Dunsanaica, with "the little gods of Earth" a close analog of the neo-greek Go…
20 Jun 2007, 07:31
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don doggett writes: The GOO are simply a modern analog of the Greek Titans or the Norse Jotuns Or to put it another way, these pre-human forces of Chaos would in their day h…
19 Jun 2007, 23:05
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Does anyone ever suspect that GW might not know what he is writing or (to be more precise) exactly how each bit of each story fits in to the overall pattern he is trying to weave…
15 Jun 2007, 07:36
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Matthew Knight writes: Yes, caves = underworld = world/house of the dead, from the old habit of burying everyone in the tribe together in a mound or communal grave. This is…
06 Jun 2007, 22:08
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Indeed. I also came across E C Tubb's THE WINDS OF GATH and believed the same thing about **that** book. It's a fine work if you don't know about the 30-odd near-identical se…
05 Jun 2007, 17:27
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