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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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Dan'l writes: Using the internet I've been able to explore the lives of some saints. There are a lot of convenient sites available. This one provides a thumbnail sketch of each-…
27 Jul 2006, 12:29
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My bad on initial subject misspelling. Actually I feel priggish and petty for pursuing this thread futher but..well..maybe it is useful. Dan'l quotes from Castle of the Otter: …
26 Jul 2006, 17:13
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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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In a recent criticism of my Urth before Earth ideas, one anonymous reviewer asserted that Earth must be in the past of Urth because of "the radiation hazard warning signs in the …
25 Jul 2006, 15:22
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Twice in recent posts, Gene Wolfe has been accused of being disingenuous in interviews. Another Lupinology truism? My dictionary calls the word: I see the opposite. In intervi…
25 Jul 2006, 14:45
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Roy writes: Cyriaca, who spent long hours with her special, very knowledgable uncle, forces us to question whether Father Inire is the humble vizier and servant of the autarchs.…
24 Jul 2006, 11:53
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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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Somewhere I read Wolfe quoted as saying Severian was an (one of many?) aspect of the Outsider. Dan'l thinks: Sounds Buddhist, yes? They reach their Nirvana by escaping the endl…
22 Jul 2006, 17:49
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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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Dan'l, thanks for the feedback. It is always appreciated, especially when given with insight. I think we are in agreement on these issues except at two points. Dan'l suggests:…
19 Jul 2006, 19:00
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When I first read Shadow of the Torturer back in the 80's, like many I first thought it was set in our past. Later with references to anti-gravity, interstellar travel, polychro…
18 Jul 2006, 16:38
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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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Has anyone read Peter Wright's Attending Daedalus? The scholarly language makes me fear I miss the point. I think he is saying that BotNS story is really about a political powe…
12 Jun 2006, 14:59
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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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As a BotNS fanatic I have noticed a complete absence (I think, any exceptions?) of "normal" two parent families in the series. All the child characters have either one or zero pa…
07 Jun 2006, 10:24
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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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I chanced upon a couple posts from last year about the assassin Severian encounters in the Secret House on flood day. I have a possible (if not very specific) solution to his id…
31 May 2006, 17:09
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Roy, good point. I think this is another example of Wolfe misleading us. And when he misleads us it is always to mask an important fact. In fact, noticing this deception was a b…
31 May 2006, 11:33
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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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In a previous post I noted some interesting (largely monkey based) connections between Father Inire, Rudesind and Dorcas' husband. I was hoping someone would fill in the blank s…
30 May 2006, 08:17
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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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Macronaut two great recent posts! (IMHO). You say: I think you missed this part of my post: Which only proves great minds think alike? LOL! sorry. I agree completely regardin…
30 May 2006, 07:23
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When Severian appears in Dr. Talos' play, it is interupted by a tableau which Talos uses to squeeze the audience for money. He calls special attention to certain scenes, telling…
29 May 2006, 19:01
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Robert Borski lists two Rules of Names in his Solar Labyrinth book. The first is a clear and concise way to distinguish Commonwealth humans from others via saintly names. The s…
29 May 2006, 07:32
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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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Many have thought the Atrium of Time was a place where time stands still, as evidenced by the symbolism of a broken sundial . But in his two trips there, Severian finds differen…
28 May 2006, 13:50
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There is a BotNS problem posed by Severian: How could Hethor get a slug the size of a horse to follow Severian through pampas, towns, mountains and jungles? Robert Borski propo…
28 May 2006, 06:14
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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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If you find it impossible that 5th Head of Cerberus could be part of the history before BotNS, then you should skip this first paragraph. In this book we see (very hazily) that d…
27 May 2006, 17:24
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Roy and Mournings glory write: R: M: Severian calls Venant a hierarch just as he does Apheta. The larvae of a Hierogrammate seem to be of human form (if you ignore a stump ton…
27 May 2006, 15:25
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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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