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----- Original Message ----- "Hour of Trust" is the obvious one here. The crucial point here is that the criterion of whether revolution is allowable is not the form of governmen…
07 Jan 2002, 11:39
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----- Original Message ----- Do you know, I almost believe this. It would be a parallel with Severian's time-warping experiences on The Ship - Wolfe obviously understands enough…
06 Jan 2002, 23:57
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----- Original Message ----- Local fan, basically Well you will have an opportunity to read something by little me in the january issue. "The Eater" - my first published story. …
05 Jan 2002, 10:14
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----- Original Message ----- I wasn't talking about Wolfe's private life at all, but about the type of fictional character he is comfortable with! (and maybe this is a good poin…
05 Jan 2002, 08:20
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Gene Wolfe wrote to me, when questioned on this very point: <quote> I would say "rejected." If you prefer "refused" or "withdrawn" I will not object. </quote> Me, I think Haber…
04 Jan 2002, 22:35
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----- Original Message ----- I think you are right. "Libertarianism" was just my retreat from having to explain all that stuff that Patera Nutria explained so much better than …
04 Jan 2002, 22:15
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----- Original Message ----- Nonsense. Wolfe is what we call a Nerd, in this decadent age, and in a better one would call an Artisan. His interest is in working quietly, cunnin…
04 Jan 2002, 21:46
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I am sure it has been alluded to by Wolfe. But where, I cannot say. And now you challenge me, I fear that I may have been mistaken. I am sorry if that is so. I will continue …
04 Jan 2002, 21:38
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----- Original Message ----- Very wisely put. I wish even more that we had seen that visit of Severian to Lune. And I agree about Perelandra showing through in the Green worlds,…
04 Jan 2002, 10:39
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----- Original Message ----- b) of course. I guess we should attempt to sheer off from direct political arguments, but it seems legit to discuss Wolfe's politics in connection w…
03 Jan 2002, 19:06
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----- Original Message ----- Absent the silly sneers, "an organic society" is the just word I think a quick summary of Wolfe's position on social hierarchy would be. Someone is g…
03 Jan 2002, 17:36
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There is a reference to "The Wild Knight" in "Silhouette", the story with icefoam set in a decaying spaceship. The character is reading an e-book sort of thing. I doubt one rea…
03 Jan 2002, 10:57
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I mean primarily the Green/Blue thing, but it has applicability elsewhere. The question about whether Green and Blue are Lune and Ushas or even St Anne and St Croix in literal tru…
03 Jan 2002, 10:31
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----- Original Message ----- I disagree, but then I would. Michael Moorcock famously said "I am an Orc"…
03 Jan 2002, 00:23
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It's not the master-servant relationship: it's a war-leader - warband-follower relationship. Achilles and Patroclus. A vital facet of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Of course the LOTR su…
02 Jan 2002, 22:32
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----- Original Message ----- Not as far as I know. And Me neither, frankly. I always thought Wolfe undermined Severian's moral authority at every turn. But no, no, no, Wolfe i…
02 Jan 2002, 14:53
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Uh. Sorry, guys. I thought the list was down and have now spammed a load of you , , , Is the Whorl list still up? Where are the archives for it and Urth? :-\ --- *** --- …
01 Jan 2002, 19:59
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----- Original Message ----- Um, I don't agree. Well, technically, yes. But the Ascian state is the ultimate socialist state, and is meant to be the apex of purely human horro…
01 Jan 1998, 11:28
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----- Original Message ----- Wolfe seems to me to be admirably realistic about sexual matters, except in TBOTNS, where Severian's sexual crippling is fundamental to his being. It…
01 Jan 1998, 03:36
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