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That's terrible :-(…
16 Dec 2013, 17:08
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Awesome post, lots to chew on. I forgot about the "thing" that ran across Martya's foot at the Willows. That isn't the last time the hand is confused with a rat. One time referenc…
13 Dec 2013, 02:44
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"5. (This last one is the most out-there) When excerpts from the book first appeared, there was some discussion here about the oddness of the narrator's voice. His vocabulary certa…
12 Dec 2013, 18:42
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Welcome Piotr! I took that scene literally ... that Martya had sewing scissors or something like that in her purse, and used them to turn Volitain away! I think your and Andrew's…
12 Dec 2013, 14:25
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Ah, true! Playful, flirty ... But still a dismembered hand / werefox. -----Original Message----- From: "Matthew King" <automatthew at gmail.com> Sent: ?12/?10/?2013 1:04 PM To: "T…
10 Dec 2013, 23:25
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Ah, true! Playful, flirty ... But still a dismembered hand / werefox. -----Original Message----- From: "Matthew King" <automatthew at gmail.com> Sent: ?12/?10/?2013 1:04 PM To: "T…
10 Dec 2013, 20:35
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It's possible Grafton is seeing things. There is obviously "someone" operating as the third border guard / Leader, but only Grafton seems to think they look similar. Confusion on h…
08 Dec 2013, 14:53
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I finished it a few days ago. A bit early for analysis maybe? Anyways, is it alright to start talking about it on the list? I am dying to, but don't want to spoil anything for p…
06 Dec 2013, 21:25
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All done. I *really* liked this one, and there is so much packed into its shorter length (*An Evil Guest*, *The Sorcerer's House*, and *Home Fires*are all longer) that it has me a…
03 Dec 2013, 13:54
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I met a Lafferty fan in the flesh the other day. I was at a used bookstore and saw a woman paging through Strange Doings, then she placed it back on the shelf. I told her it was wo…
03 Dec 2013, 04:27
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Awesome! Reading Lafferty is one of those experiences that makes me realize just how much a love reading, and it is great that this collection will have so many stories of his I o…
02 Dec 2013, 21:29
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I'm going to finish tonight, I have about 40 pages left. Definitely into Wolfe houses.…
02 Dec 2013, 20:33
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Cool, I'll check out the Nightmare blog. I like the idea of the "Horror of the Holy". It reminds me of how often in the Old Testament God is described as "terrible" and "awful", …
22 Oct 2013, 18:46
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?You see how nice to you we are. You do not like the food, you say it is rotten, you will go. He give better so you stay. Other things, too. I said nothing. I was watching a girl …
22 Oct 2013, 16:22
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If I remember correctly, Able of the High Heart thinks back to his Mac towards the beginning of *The Knight, *when he is remembering his previous life in the "real world"*. *They …
22 Oct 2013, 14:41
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Thanks! I like it ... it feels like the narration in *The Sorcerer's House*. A sort of authentic, accessible journal. Looking forward to this quite a bit; it comes out the day be…
22 Oct 2013, 14:03
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I highly doubt Cook actually read BOTNS. He seems to have barely skimmed, picked a few elements, and gone nuts. Seriously, how can you miss the etymological root of "Lune"? Makes m…
06 Sep 2013, 01:23
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"Bujold tips her hand in the eloquence of her language (normally a good thing) and the attention to detail that only women would find attractive: balls, courts, military dress, pal…
05 Sep 2013, 22:36
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Pynchon is definitely more scattered and difficult to interpret, insofar as interpretation is possible with his books. That said, latter-day Pynchon (Mason and Dixon, Inherent Vice…
20 Aug 2013, 12:30
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I'm with you on this. I first read New Sun on a lark, without knowing its place and importance in the literary science fiction world. I was blown away, and enjoyed it immensely eve…
19 Aug 2013, 21:17
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Alien Stones seemed like it could be some kind of series of nested computer simulations; while there wasn't a scientific explanation necessarily, that struck me as somewhat ahead o…
19 Aug 2013, 12:07
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This is the first I have heard of A Borrowed Man ... is there any more information, or is the novel in its very earliest stages?…
06 Aug 2013, 13:49
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That was really a pleasure to read, thanks for sharing. -----Original Message----- From: "Editor B" <b at rox.com> Sent: ?7/?30/?2013 2:19 PM To: "urth at urth.net" <urth at urth.…
30 Jul 2013, 21:09
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It does seem like the gods are real. The obvious alternative (albeit an un-Wolfean one) is that Latro's head trauma causes him to hallucinate, but enough of the other characters ve…
29 Jul 2013, 22:58
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Seeing how suit-happy the world has become, I can see why everyone involved would be interested in covering their behinds, but I agree that the concept of legal owning an idea that…
14 Jul 2013, 21:19
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I didn't know this, thanks for sharing. Sad news, he was a real master.…
29 May 2013, 20:47
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Thanks for sharing. I have always liked the Gaiman piece as well. The quote about wolves is beautiful. I can't wait for more Wolfe this winter!…
07 May 2013, 14:46
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Thanks for the contents! Can't wait :-)…
02 Mar 2013, 14:19
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Ah, ok. The speech isn't true speech, just animal imitation, in a way. Perhaps a highly evolved form of mimicry design to lure prey?…
07 Feb 2013, 15:57
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"in that they actually create themselves---their conscious selves---with the act of drinking" The other thing is that Jahlee says without drinking the blood, the inhumi would rema…
07 Feb 2013, 15:42
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Another idea popped into my head, albeit on a different topic: Jahlee says, right before her death, "We take their minds from your blood. Their minds are yours. Here, long ago, I …
07 Feb 2013, 03:43
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The number of mysteries doesn't make it more mysterious. Also, the more dreamlike cadence and flow of Short Sun lessens the impact. The very slow, realist approach in Long Sun make…
06 Feb 2013, 15:34
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Is there a reference in *New Sun *to clients who admit themselves to the Tower, or are otherwise there of their own free will? Silk/Horn is explicitly one of these ...…
06 Feb 2013, 15:12
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The Wheel of Time suffers from this sickness as well. So much trouble, heartache, and death could have been averted if characters were just a teeny tiny bit more forthcoming with …
06 Feb 2013, 15:09
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Perhaps "tacked on" was a bit too harsh. Let's just say that I find *Short Sun *to be quite a bit less mysterious than its predecessors, and the insertion of Nessus, the Matachin …
06 Feb 2013, 14:38
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I also thought (I can't remember quite why) that Typhon sent out more than one, possibly many, Whorls. I might be totally wrong about this, but if it was something of a major camp…
06 Feb 2013, 14:30
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The scene where Severian brings Silk/Horn writing implements seems to be a one-on-one conversation. Silk/Horn presumably gets Severian started writing his own memoir after giving …
06 Feb 2013, 14:15
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It also isn't quite clear to me what Silk/Horn looks like at this point in the story (I am just nearing the end of *Return to the Whorl *for the first time), so that might be hampe…
06 Feb 2013, 14:01
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I was confused by the one with the sword-toting elf as well. It look really familiar (the artwork is very similar to that of the *Mistborn *series), and after some digging I found…
30 Jan 2013, 14:13
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I think TBOTNS is a great example of books that demonstrate the silliness of taking an either / or approach to genres.…
09 Jan 2013, 00:50
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I don't think something like this could be accidental. All the more reason for me to reread BOTNS.…
23 Dec 2012, 02:09
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That should have said "Tim" Powers, of course! I have only read *Last Call *and *The Anubis Gates*, but I liked them both quite a bit. I think that the latter is better, overall,…
17 Dec 2012, 16:08
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Interesting! I am a fan of Tin Powers for sure, it would be great to check out his precursors. I notice that Last Call and The Greater Trumps have some similarities, for example. T…
17 Dec 2012, 15:54
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Yeah, the gravitational shenanigans were what made me think this likely isn't the case. However, introducing one big problem that would get rid of several others (the previously p…
28 Nov 2012, 16:28
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Do we have any idea just how close Blue and Green get during conjunction? I seem to remember that from Blue, Green is more of a spec than a moon, but perhaps they are close enough,…
28 Nov 2012, 15:57
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Then they end up mimicking a mammalian mating ritual but reproducing like amphibians in the water. What gives? I know Wolfe's zoology is not so deficient. If I remember correctly,…
26 Nov 2012, 18:45
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My copy is beat up and old, I probably won't be able to resist a shiny new one.…
21 Nov 2012, 15:46
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And marked as such! I'll take this opportunity to ask a Wolfe-related question, things have seemed a bit quiet lately. How many of you have read *The Devil in a Forest *? How is…
15 Nov 2012, 18:15
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24 Aug 2012, 02:21
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I guess this bumps "Return to the Whorl" to the top of my to-read pile ...…
21 Aug 2012, 19:21
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