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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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Look, I think you are being too literal. The Blue Planet/ Green Planet dichotomy surely goes back to THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS In that story also travel to the Green planet from…
02 Jan 2002, 13:49
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Hello, board members. I recently came across an essay by Gene Wolfe, explaining what The Lord Of The Rings meant to him. The essay is relevant to Wolfe's own beliefs and faith. …
02 Jan 2002, 00:33
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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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Hello, and are Urth and The Whorl still turning? Recently INERZONE published an essay by Gene Wolfe, explaining what The Lord Of The Rings meant to him. I was very impressed …
31 Dec 2001, 18:38
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----- Original Message ----- An awfully crude queston. When Marsh remarks that the boy is "uncut" and *therefore* when he was with the girl, would "bind", or something like that …
22 Apr 2001, 12:28
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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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