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Extended TV miniseries. .…
19 Jun 2007, 20:55
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I was going to say, I *loved* 'Springtime for Hitler'. .…
17 Jun 2007, 19:43
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Do you think? He does. .…
15 Jun 2007, 11:58
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And he didn't like the Jews. .…
14 Jun 2007, 22:36
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Darn it, I won't. Tell Dr Wolfe that Josh Geller says "hello", if you get the chance. .…
13 Jun 2007, 23:36
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I am personally amazed that Wolfe has not been offered a professorship somewhere or another. Delany and John Crowley have, after all. .…
08 May 2007, 05:27
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According to Wolfe, Severian doesn't actually lie. . _…
25 Apr 2007, 20:43
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June 16 in Seattle, huh? I'm going to try real hard to make it. . _…
20 Apr 2007, 19:45
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It is one of his major themes, as it is one of my major positions. I'd say that a good fifty percent of the things we talked about, last we met, were related to this one way or ano…
19 Apr 2007, 20:05
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That's a fairly standard view, in Greek religion and in 'heathen' or 'pagan' religions generally. There is one God, normally sort of distant, who creates subordinate gods. As an a…
17 Apr 2007, 16:51
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Or even consciously. The man *was* English. .…
17 Apr 2007, 09:26
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I do it all the time. I don't write many letters, but I can't think of a one that has not had at least one footnote. Huh. He also finds Delany unreadable (or was it just Dhalgren?…
17 Apr 2007, 07:38
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There's something else. Tolkien had a profound knowledge of deep history. Instead of arguing it in a serious academic forum (which, in the mid-20th, would have merely gotten him c…
17 Apr 2007, 01:07
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Well, no, it wouldn't be, and I'd have to say I'm as puzzled as you are. Perhaps Don shall enlighten us at some point. .…
16 Apr 2007, 14:27
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I believe that what Don is saying is that there are no fantastic elements in the story, that no incident in the story could not happen in the World that we know. That's what I wou…
16 Apr 2007, 11:23
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Also, the Stoics explicitly state that the body is not one of the things under our control. Also, that this stuff has to be learned. It is not necessarily easy (though it gets easi…
15 Apr 2007, 22:01
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It takes work. I have had a fair amount of success. I still fall short often. I strongly apologize if my faulty understanding of this matter leads me to communicate inaccurately, …
15 Apr 2007, 15:18
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What, you mean we disagree? Our views of the World are different? Even our basic definition of terms may differ? Shocking. How did that happen? .…
14 Apr 2007, 20:25
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As long as you are happy about the right things, that is, because the things under your control (will, desire, aversion, movement towards and away from an object) conform to virtue…
14 Apr 2007, 01:02
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As long as you are happy about the right things, that is, because the things under your control (will, desire, aversion, movement towards and away from an object) conform to virtue…
14 Apr 2007, 01:02
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It was intended positively, though. I meant, basically, that there are very few changes to be wrung upon the theme of atheism. 'The world's all random like, things happen for no r…
13 Apr 2007, 23:14
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Don writes: Stoicism definitely claims to teach happiness, and also freedom. Buddhism, well, the Dalai Lama has gone on record as saying that the goal of Buddhism is to be happy.…
13 Apr 2007, 18:59
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The full curse is 'May you live in interesting times and come to the attention of influential people.' The Stoic philosophy (and also Buddhism, coincidentally or not) both teach h…
13 Apr 2007, 17:40
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Not his fault, I suppose, that atheism is so much less interesting than Christianity. .…
13 Apr 2007, 15:18
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Spencer writes: If that's what you must do to retain your self-control, so be it. Certainly not. It seems to me, in my ignorance, that the same thing could be accomplished by no…
13 Apr 2007, 04:42
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Pardon? It's remarkable how stirred up people get over a person expressing their opinion. I don't think it is right for you to interfere in Spencer's attempt to put me in my plac…
13 Apr 2007, 04:32
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You seem to be having a bit of trouble, here. I hope you do feel better. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. However profoundly I may disagree with you, I certainly th…
13 Apr 2007, 02:52
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Things are tough all over. No, we'd probably get along. And I'd tell him to his face that he whines too much, also. .…
13 Apr 2007, 02:22
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Overrated. Whines a lot. Wrote some OK stuff, but no more than OK. .…
13 Apr 2007, 01:02
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I'd sign it. .…
13 Apr 2007, 00:58
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Ah yes, a naval officer's memoir of his life in the infantry. What's really interesting about Heinlein - way more than his writing - is the influence he has had upon the modern (U…
12 Apr 2007, 21:54
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Screwing a chick in a boat while she is asleep strikes me as being just a little bit unconcerned with consent. Remember, Severian is telling his own story. A useful exercise is to…
09 Apr 2007, 03:20
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Someone might. Not I. .…
07 Apr 2007, 14:11
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He's physically imposing and scary looking, what with being dressed like a torturer (not to mention being truly scary, if you get to know him even a little bit). Also cute enough. …
07 Apr 2007, 07:01
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The boy likes sex. He's like 21 years old, for Christ's sake. There's no deep symbolic literary meaning. . _…
07 Apr 2007, 06:39
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On that note, some of you might enjoy this: http://www.youtube.com/v/0PN-GlwtHwg .…
06 Apr 2007, 23:32
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So this story can be found where? .…
06 Apr 2007, 01:11
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Neat website, James. I especially liked this: http://www.biblicalhorizons.com/miscellaneous/the-menace-of-chinese-food/ .…
04 Apr 2007, 14:33
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Sounds great. I've been hoping to hear more from Mani. .…
01 Apr 2007, 23:18
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Didn't Pasicrates get him to order Polos to obey him? I don't think pederasty sits too well with Latro, somehow. . ___…
03 Feb 2007, 21:42
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I should add: top row, second from the left. .…
22 Jan 2007, 09:19
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Enough. http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=gammadion&btnG=Search+Images .…
22 Jan 2007, 09:16
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Wolfe told me in 2002 that his original plan was to write a whole bunch of 'Soldier' books, but that after the second, his publisher told him there was no market for them. But by 2…
20 Nov 2006, 17:56
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At least you are embarrassed. That's a good first step. With practice, you may reach the point where you have no need to be embarrassed. .…
01 Sep 2006, 17:00
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So nu? .…
01 Sep 2006, 16:58
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The Spartans, under pretense of manumitting helots who had aided the recent military victory, massacred them. Latro was a witness. . ___…
11 Jul 2006, 18:37
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It makes perfect sense once you think of it. We can see the past, and we cannot see the future. Might as well have our backs to it. josh ____…
06 Jul 2006, 15:44
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No it isn't. .…
01 Jun 2006, 22:58
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Pedophiles. You seem to be under the impression that pedophiles are unable to communicate their thoughts and feelings. .…
01 Jun 2006, 22:46
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They may. But Wolfe said to me that it was probably a good thing that he didn't. That was last year. .…
07 Sep 2003, 08:49
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