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It's God's plan that everybody die. Sometimes a whole bunch go at once. Get over it. It's really not a big deal. .…
10 Jul 2010, 01:36
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He's the one who looks like an ass? .…
10 Jul 2010, 01:33
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The man argues like a protestant. .…
10 Jul 2010, 01:26
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Why does everybody have to die in this time line? .…
09 Jul 2010, 15:19
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Ook ook? .…
09 Jul 2010, 04:35
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Yeah, I got Chamberlain's memoirs next to Blood Meridian on the shelf here. I've also met guys like Judge Holden. Not physically like him. .…
08 Jul 2010, 20:54
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No one could call it right. It's a good thing I was sick to my stomach before we started talking about this. .…
08 Jul 2010, 16:09
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You certainly would prefer for this to happen. It is over much faster, and while whether it is objectively more or less unpleasant is certainly arguable, just having less time to …
08 Jul 2010, 16:00
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I think you probably do have a good guess. .…
08 Jul 2010, 15:23
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You don't really want to know. What part of a man's anatomy resembles two apricots in a little bag? .…
08 Jul 2010, 15:15
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Death by burning is something that worries you? James, James, James. How did you go so far and so badly wrong? .…
08 Jul 2010, 15:14
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I'm not sure what would happen! Say, and apropos of nothing, has it occurred to anyone besides David who has read McCarthy's Blood Meridian that the Judge is could very well be a …
08 Jul 2010, 15:13
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The only thing that is certain about David is that he will never be caught dead agreeing with me. He may be perverse enough to agree once or twice starting now that I've mentioned…
08 Jul 2010, 14:46
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Now I'm getting a little uncomfortable. .…
08 Jul 2010, 14:44
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I shall and in fact am doing so. .…
08 Jul 2010, 10:57
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I didn't actually know that Wolfe was a knife guy. Doesn't surprise me even a little. All the good guys are knife guys. .…
08 Jul 2010, 10:56
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You generalize well, Gwern. I've always admired that in you. I find little to argue with you besides that. In any case, I never argue. .…
08 Jul 2010, 10:55
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For what it's worth, I have only minor and equivocal disagreements with Ryan. .…
08 Jul 2010, 06:38
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I expect Stockhoff to be an unpleasant fool and Wilson to be as he is. That they act the way they act does not in any way surprise me. You, James, surprise me. .…
08 Jul 2010, 05:15
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I think Dunn's ideas are good. A breath of fresh air. What amazes me, James, is your attitude. I would have said I knew what you thought about this stuff. .…
08 Jul 2010, 05:13
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I find Wolfe to leave the exactly correct number of clues. .…
08 Jul 2010, 05:10
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Wilson, you know, just because you don't name a forfeit doesn't mean one won't be taken. That's not the way it works. You've benefitted from associating with me, like it or not. …
08 Jul 2010, 05:07
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There needs be no such principal and we have no need to so call any such nonexistent principal. Here, you see? You are mistaken in your beliefs. .…
08 Jul 2010, 05:02
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You want to know the plot device? Is that what you are asking? This is of a piece with you questioning my gnomic utterances. I believe that you believe whatever it is you believ…
08 Jul 2010, 03:11
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How did Casdoe's husband get where? .…
08 Jul 2010, 03:09
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People are often named after saints without themselves being the saints that they are named after. I believe this to be the case, in any case. .…
08 Jul 2010, 03:07
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I am not here to adulate Gene Wolfe. I am here to discuss his work. You are as welcome to dislike my point of view and me personally as David is. Why do you think it may be impo…
08 Jul 2010, 03:05
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As I say, those who wish me to perceive them as friendly persons tend to address me as Josh. I can only think that whether or not I like you is a matter of indifference to you. T…
08 Jul 2010, 02:12
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My appreciation for what you say cannot be expressed in words. .…
08 Jul 2010, 01:47
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To ask the answer to questions that have already been answered is a rhetorical tactic typically used with hostile opponents. It is typically used by lawyers examining witnesses wi…
08 Jul 2010, 01:45
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___ In 1923 he emigrated to the United States and landed in New York. He was already well known in the States from canvases sent to American and European exhibitions. In fact, it w…
07 Jul 2010, 23:48
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Also - and this is in fact esoteric knowledge - children of incest have interesting abilities. The children of sibling incest, for instance, are royal, with all that implies. The…
07 Jul 2010, 23:44
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Or even people who were born in 1881. They couldn't possibly do the kindsa things us modern guys do. .…
07 Jul 2010, 23:39
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If you are wise, Dr Stockhoff, you will reflect upon what you know of me. What am I saying? .…
07 Jul 2010, 23:38
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I have no theory. I am not you. .…
07 Jul 2010, 23:37
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Why is this a problem? People do these things. I have done all of these things. I do some of them quite regularly. What the hell do you think you are saying? Do you think that…
07 Jul 2010, 23:33
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What the hell do you expect from a protestant? .…
07 Jul 2010, 23:30
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Are you very, very sure about that? In Russia in the late nineteenth century, a Byzantine system of recruitment was, you think, unlikely to survive? .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:58
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Or was that Master Bates? I thought you got it. Now I think you didn't get it. The reader is the first author. The writer is the second. Does that make more sense? Hardly any…
07 Jul 2010, 22:57
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Master Wynn. .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:42
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I don't know. I am not certain, now, whether I finished that last sentence with a dot or a squiggly thingie or even one of those stand up mofos followed by a squiggly thingie. I …
07 Jul 2010, 22:42
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You're not one of those Reconstructionists or whatever you call them, are you Antonio? Us Americans, you know, am ignorant and unaccustomed to such advanced forms of thought. .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:39
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You are wrong, Antonio. The writer is the author. The reader is the Author. .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:33
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What is a narrative advantage when it's at home with its friends? .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:12
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What is a narrative advantage and why are you talking about it here in public where people can see you? .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:10
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Why is it important? .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:09
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It is a psychoactive herb. .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:08
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Whenever you mention an author, you mention the Author. .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:07
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What is your point? Is Tolkien's reading the only reading? Do you consider Tolkien's reading to be authoritative? I thought you were a Christian. Are you not a Christian? .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:06
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolai_Fechin Nineteen years. Now *that* is interesting. .…
07 Jul 2010, 22:05
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