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Tony Ellis writes: I disagree because I consider everything in here, even the arguments, a collaboration working toward a common goal, not competition. If you "win" with key in…
07 Sep 2006, 11:18
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Plaudits to JWillard for starting this thread. It appears that attacking BotNS chapter by chapter may expose a lot of things previously hidden in the cracks. For example, Roy s…
06 Sep 2006, 12:48
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Regarding the woman in the coffin and the victim of Vodalarii corpse eating prevous to Thecla, Rex says: I admit that I am not the stickler for timeframes that, say, Roy C. Lacke…
05 Sep 2006, 17:00
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Welcome to Jon Capps! JWillard writes: Not dumb, but rather extremely ambitious. I'm willing to do anything to shed more light on BotNS. I'm not sure where to draw the line o…
05 Sep 2006, 13:24
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....except where such discouragement would conflict with the First Law. High praise to Ranjit for just the right amount of authority and self-deprecation :-) -bsharp…
03 Sep 2006, 02:41
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Oops, in my last post I meant Paeon as aquastor to Appian! umm..Vera/Verus, ummm Old Autarch...um... Okay, I think we are now all agreed he had been honey steward and he should …
29 Aug 2006, 19:29
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Dan'l writes: And the only sin greater than the Original Sin of eating fruit from the tree of Knowledge (of Good and Evil) would be to eat fruit from the Tree of Life thus throw…
29 Aug 2006, 13:48
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junk06 asks: Severian does meet Valeria early on then fails to mention her much until the end. He mentions her after he has collected a few female conquests and then starts to …
28 Aug 2006, 11:16
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I, for one, find top posting to be preferable in many cases. Especially when a response is more general in nature as opposed to point by point. I find it annoying to have to re…
28 Aug 2006, 10:38
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Daniel D. Jones asks: The reason is, in the beginning of Shadow, Severian says his earliest memory is of stacking pebbles by the curtain wall. Fallen curtain wall definitely su…
24 Aug 2006, 11:18
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Matthew DeLuca asks: Unfortunately for those interested in Severian's family tree, it can't even be said that Dorcas is Severian's grandmother. I made my guess that Catherine i…
23 Aug 2006, 15:05
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Regarding Appian, Rex asks: I don't think Wolfe intends to be clear on these issues. To even try to answer them I am drawn to the scene where Severian meets Appian in the House …
21 Aug 2006, 03:27
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Roy, thanks for the good feedback. I had considered all but one of your objections previously and I'll try to address each of them. Well, not the root, but more a side branch. …
18 Aug 2006, 02:34
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Jonathon McKitrick asks: At the end of Citadel, I think, Gene Wolfe makes some comment about BotNS being the culmination of seven years of writing, re-reading, re-writing. So …
15 Aug 2006, 11:21
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No, Don I can't leave a cliffhanger! Especially if the logic for this family tree ends up making sense only to me. Too much build-up. But I'll try to fit the whole thing in o…
14 Aug 2006, 14:49
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Regarding this exchange: Roy says: bsharp says: Roy says: Roy is right of course, as always, but at the risk of hairsplitting I'll note it seems the Hierodules were found then …
11 Aug 2006, 03:49
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There is a lot of good input lately on this subject I think. James B. Jordan, your gentlemanly responses and personal expertise are very welcomed, by me anyway. I don't see it …
10 Aug 2006, 03:16
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Well some interesting discussion points Dan'l (and wishing for an immediate improvement in the employment situation! Someplace must soon discover the valuable mind they are missi…
08 Aug 2006, 03:47
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Regarding Dan'l's response (copied below), I'll have to express chagrin that Lilith wasn't mentioned which makes me think he didn't read my "E&G- the need for Ushas" post which w…
07 Aug 2006, 11:49
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Sorry, the link in the previous post got an extra hyphen in it, rendering it worthless. This link should work: http://www.catholic-forum.com/Saints/patron02.htm -bsharp…
27 Jul 2006, 13:49
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I don't know about others, but for me, Ori's (orikowarsky at hotmail.com) post had the formatting so out of whack it was unreadable. I cut and pasted his post here, reformatted…
26 Jul 2006, 13:03
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Joel asks: I would like that (revelations) but I'm not encouraged by this Wolfe interview excerpt from Lawrence Person: If Wolfe hopes to affect his readers 300 years hence in t…
26 Jul 2006, 12:18
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I agree with Jeffrey Lefstin that the Blue-Green theme found across Wolfe works should be seen as symbolic rather than factual. That Earth is covered with water and life? I dun…
26 Jul 2006, 11:46
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Roy writes: Any further help in finding the list would be appreciated. Genesis 37:9 is about Joseph and reads: I can't even find that in Urth. It surely is important. Help! -…
23 Jul 2006, 14:24
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Thalassocrat writes: I really think you are onto something here. I've always thought her yelling "Sacrilege!" was very meaningful. As though death by avern was a holy (unholy)…
23 Jul 2006, 14:20
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I find this exchange between Dan'l and Roy very interesting: Dan'l: Roy: First I think the Lupinology world has a enough accepted dogma for most of us to conclude Dan'l really …
22 Jul 2006, 05:30
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Regarding Dr. Talos' allusion, Tony Ellis writes: Actually I didn't know about the dream and the villa and the lake. I think that is very interesting and pertinent and appreciat…
21 Jul 2006, 13:13
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Coming from a scientific background, I agree with both JWillard and Dan'l. People should pursue their own theories but temper them with an awareness of how personal bias can be …
21 Jul 2006, 12:45
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Well, I am in the minority (probably a minority of one) in thinking Earth might reside in Yesod and that Yesod is the future of Briah, so I am probably wrong about that. Wouldn't…
20 Jul 2006, 05:27
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Roy says: I've thought about that but somehow the pieces don't seem to fit together. How many times does Severian die in the text? He says the first Severian didn't drown while…
07 Jul 2006, 11:45
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thalassocrat and don write: I've tried to make up stories about who the other I don't have a good practical theory within the story regarding Severian's mausoleum but I always th…
05 Jul 2006, 20:50
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In response to the possibility of Isangoma and later the jungle guide being Father Inire Jeff Wilson notes: True, he is, and so is the jungle guide (except for a mask, hiding eye…
10 Jun 2006, 15:25
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bob writes: Bob, I found Nicolai Fechin in a web search too. I was struck also by the fact that this Fechin and Wolfe's Fechin choose young women and themselves as favorite sub…
05 Jun 2006, 19:06
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Once again I'd like to apologize to the group for the excessive volume of my posts this past month and my sometimes less than polite tone for a new group member. I was in a bit …
02 Jun 2006, 13:02
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Dan'l said: So I checked, Roy is right, no mask. Still, my point remains that only two poisoned weapons appear in the 5 books, that I can think of. One with Agia, the athame, a…
01 Jun 2006, 04:14
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Hm. now that I think about it, the assassin was masked, right? Agia would have been very old and Severian has been known to make mistakes before. Then there is always the Path of…
31 May 2006, 18:01
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Thanks Roy, you are a great resource. How could I forget Agia's eyes! The brown eyes give me another valued piece to the puzzle I had to guess about before. Not far to go, now.…
31 May 2006, 00:44
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Andrew T. posts: Thank you Andrew! No, your memory of the story is quite perfect. I hinted at the solution to one of your objections in my last post. Actually, I thought I had…
30 May 2006, 14:17
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Hey Macronaut, one more thing....your post: reminded me that I thought Severian's description of Typhon's round room and the equipment there made it sound like a microscope lab a…
30 May 2006, 11:10
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Again Macronaut, I appreciate this post. Robert Borski did propose that Mother Pyrexia was a slug. And that Beuzec was the Salamander. I think he uses the Pyrexia name to sugge…
30 May 2006, 07:45
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Roy says: Excellent points Roy. I agree completely.…
29 May 2006, 05:13
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mournings glory writes: Well, I'm not happy to see that my 20 year quest for solutions to the mysteries in BotNS has been reduced to applause seeking, self-gratification and mas…
29 May 2006, 04:59
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Roy, thanks for the responsive and thoughtful (in both senses of the word) post. In regards to 5th Head, I do have a sense of the time frame and when I say I think they belong i…
28 May 2006, 22:20
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mourning glory writes: We know the notules got sealed in a bottle. We know the salamander crashed down a cliff. The text says nothing about the fate of the slug. Does your assum…
28 May 2006, 20:02
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Chris that was good to remind us, in that thread, of the first? legendary character to live backwards in time. At least one of the first, I'd guess.…
27 May 2006, 19:36
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James makes a good correction on the saint names being for those humans of the Commonwealth, not all humans. James asks: Ossipago (bonegrower) says it toward the end of Sword an…
26 May 2006, 18:50
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just a couple of probably unnecessary notes: In case I am accused of thinking all old men in BotNS are Father Inire, I don't see any evidence for Master Ultan, Master Ash nor Mal…
26 May 2006, 15:52
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Thalassocrat says: I disagree! I think this is a very interesting and pertinent topic. And I agree! Wolfe is being devious. Pondering this one is relevant to other Wolfe puzzl…
26 May 2006, 15:35
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Thalassocrat, sorry I should have been more clear! If the knowledge of the play at Baldanders' castle is not a Wolfe mistake then seems to be using Ossipago in that capacity ("h…
26 May 2006, 13:43
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Thalassocrat I think it is simpler than all that. F, B and O move only backward in time, virtually without exception (which marks them as pawns, in Tzadkiel's chess analogy). T…
26 May 2006, 12:50
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