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http://www.sanduskyregister.com/opinion/jackson-street-book-club/7214531 Any of you see this one yet? Lots of information about the new book, it's got me very excited for October.…
24 Jan 2015, 18:13
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These are the novels I still have to get through: *Soldier of Sidon* *There Are Doors* *Pirate Freedom* *Home Fires* *The Devil in a Forest* and *Operation Ares* I know thi…
11 Nov 2014, 21:04
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Just finished Acceptance. Anyone else finish the trilogy? What do you think? Overall, I was satisfied. There were enough answers to make it worthwhile, and enough unanswered / new…
21 Sep 2014, 15:50
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Working my way through this collection, and checked the Wiki for clues pertaining to "The Friendship Light". If one of you threw in the quip about the Star Child from 2001, thanks …
15 Jul 2014, 01:43
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Has anyone started the second volume of the Southern Reach trilogy yet? I'm about halfway through. It is much slower than the first volume ( *Annihilation)*, but that is clearly i…
20 May 2014, 19:32
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First, I just finished and loved this book. The characters were wonderful, and it was quite funny. I also loved Castleview, so I am looking forward to the other member of that "era…
10 Apr 2014, 00:10
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I'm having trouble translating, finding anything on, or making sense of the term "kalo pisicho" in Lafferty's Apocalypses. Can anyone point me in the right direction? All I know fo…
29 Mar 2014, 00:56
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I've found little snippets online talking about this story, but I wanted to see what the list thought of this idea: the planet / moon is undergoing some kind of accelerated evoluti…
18 Mar 2014, 14:33
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Anyone here read it? It seems hard to find / expensive. Is it a collection of short stories generally not available elsewhere? Thanks!…
17 Mar 2014, 19:26
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Hello, Urthlings. What are you reading these days? I haven't been reading much Wolfe lately, so nothing is fresh enough in my mind to participate in some of the other ongoing disc…
12 Mar 2014, 13:26
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Has anyone here read the Chung Kuo series by David Wingrove? It seems intriguing. I was wondering about the reading order, since it is being re-released in a 20 volume version that…
28 Dec 2013, 22:56
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Two questions to start off: Who cut off Butch's head? Who is the man in black? Vlad the Impaler's ghost?…
08 Dec 2013, 05:03
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https://soundcloud.com/tyler_lavoie/nessus Found on an old Reddit thread, creator mentioned loving New Sun and being inspired to write this as a result. I kind of dig it, it woul…
03 Dec 2013, 14:19
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It took six bookstores but I finally got a copy. Just thought I would share my joy. Saving it for a flight tomorrow!…
27 Nov 2013, 00:31
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Are there any other Pynchon fans on the list? His 8th novel, Bleeding Edge, comes out September 17th. He and Mr. Wolfe are probably my two favorite authors, and they both have new …
19 Aug 2013, 21:52
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Thanks for the info! Seems really intriguing, reminiscent of Fforde, but probably much better written. -----Original Message----- From: "Marc Aramini" <marcaramini at yahoo.com> S…
06 Aug 2013, 16:53
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I had been putting off the Latro books for a while so that I would always have an unread Wolfe series to look forward to, but my curiosity has finally gotten the better of me. I a…
29 Jul 2013, 16:06
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http://upcoming4.me/news/book-news/gene-wolfe-the-land-across-cover-art-and-synopsis-reveal#.UThFLk3ZXxc.twitter Looks like we have a release date, synopsis, and cover art. So exc…
10 Mar 2013, 00:34
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Is there indication in *The Book of the New Sun *that any of the clients at the time of Severian's childhood might in fact be Silk/Horn? If Wolfe had the vision and plan for the "…
06 Feb 2013, 13:52
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Not sure if you guys saw this or if it has made the rounds already, but here are some great (and not so great) foreign covers for TBONS: http://imgur.com/a/P5tDY The Italian *The…
30 Jan 2013, 13:36
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Hello! Is anyone familiar with the work of Charles Williams? From a brief look online, he seems to have some similarities to MacDonald, and I thought there was a good chance some…
17 Dec 2012, 15:30
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Sometimes these things give me heart attacks ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Google Alerts <googlealerts-noreply at google.com> Date: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 11:04 …
27 Aug 2012, 15:06
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I was wondering if any of you have managed to get your hands on and read * Archipelago*, the first in the "Devil is Dead" trilogy. As far as I can tell, there was only one print r…
16 Jul 2012, 20:02
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Wolfe, Lafferty, Powers, MacDonald, and Tolkien, what else will I like? This email list has good taste, and I was wondering what other hidden authors you guys might enjoy, given pr…
17 Apr 2012, 17:47
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Not sure if you guys have seen this yet, but Tor is running a project that consists of short stories written around a painting by John Palencar, one to be released each Wednesday i…
07 Mar 2012, 16:49
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After taking a several month break after *The Knight*, I finally got around to reading *The Wizard*. I liked it better than the first installment overall, but the shift to third-p…
27 Feb 2012, 15:13
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I just finished *On Blue's Waters*. It took me a while to really get into it, but I look forward to reading the rest of the Short Sun books. For some reason it didn't capture my …
09 Jan 2012, 19:12
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I don't know if many of you watched the short-lived but well-executed HBO miniseries, *Carnivale*. Basically, it was a pseudo-end times supernatural mystery / thriller set during …
16 Dec 2011, 21:12
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I really enjoyed the two novels I have read by Gene Wolfe that take place in "our" world, where magical elements may or may not be bleeding in (Peace and The Sorcerer's House). I …
15 Nov 2011, 16:29
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I am trying to remember the name of a Wolfe short story (I think it was from Endangered Species, but I am not sure). It involves a woman and man on vacation at a beach house. The…
25 Oct 2011, 13:59
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Well, I finally finished *The Book of the Long Sun*. I thought it was wonderful, but I do (of course!) have a few questions. The first is, how did Quetzal get on the *Whorl*? Th…
19 Sep 2011, 14:52
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http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/139085843/your-picks-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books The Book of the New Sun clocked in at #87. Appalling original list, and terrible final re…
11 Aug 2011, 14:39
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Hello! I just finished *The Fifth Head of Cerberus*, and loved it. It is one of the best science fiction stories I have read ... it isn't very often I feel completely immersed in…
03 Aug 2011, 13:15
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This is kind of an odd question! I recently bought a first edition copy of "Free Live Free" and it looks like it is signed on the title page. I was wondering if anyone had any si…
29 Jun 2011, 15:16
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I just finished Peace (which was absolutely wonderful) and am now reading the last half of The Book of the Long Sun. I noticed when reading Peace, one short sentence in which the …
15 Jun 2011, 19:41
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I was wondering if anyone knew when (roughly) in 2012 Gene Wolfe's next novel will be released. I know many authors keep updates on progress, etc., but I haven't really found much…
26 May 2011, 19:52
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I just joined the list, so I don't know if this topic has been talked about in a ton of depth already. I really enjoyed An Evil Guest! It was the first non-Solar Cycle books by G…
23 May 2011, 17:08
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Hello, I just joined the list. I recent found an omnibus edition of The Book of the New Sun published back in 1998, and was wondering if anyone was aware of omnibus editions of th…
22 Mar 2011, 17:12
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