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I haven't read anything by Donna Bar, but I absolutely love Finder by Carla Speed McNeil. My favorite story has to be "Talisman" but all of them -- especially "Dream Sequence" a…
17 May 2008, 19:22
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I grew up and went to school in Abilene (I almost went to Baylor, but chose to stay home and go to Hardin-Simmons instead -- and I've never regretted that decision for even a min…
11 May 2008, 05:32
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Hi Oliver. I'm from Texas. I've always gotten the impression that most of the people who post here are from the US, but that's certainly not a scientific sampling. My general …
11 May 2008, 04:44
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It's been a while since I read the books too (although I'm currently re-reading Long Sun and am enjoying it so much that I'll most likely follow that up with Short Sun), but I th…
31 Mar 2007, 16:14
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The magazine is in fact available. I picked one up at Barnes & Noble yesterday. Charles…
01 Mar 2007, 00:38
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Nothing to add, really. Just thought I'd say that this is a lovely, lovely thought. I've ruminated on it for some time now, and still find it pleasing to think about. Thanks, …
16 Dec 2004, 12:59
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I also thought it to be quite telling that he (Gaiman) chose to read the Narnia books to his two children. If a person is virulently against the message conveyed in a certain bo…
06 Dec 2004, 12:22
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It had been quite a while since I last read A GAME OF YOU, but I couldn't recall any "swipes" at the Narnia books, so I took the opportunity to re-read it, and still couldn't fin…
06 Dec 2004, 11:23
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FYI: If you can't wait for next August, you can find "Empires of Foliage and Flower" in THE BEST OF CRANK! (edited by Bryan Cholfin) which I believe was published both in hardba…
30 Nov 2004, 11:06
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I've read Gaiman's THE PROBLEM OF SUSAN and have a few thoughts to share. SPOILERS abound, so be warned. My initial reaction to the story was one of anger and disappointment, …
02 Nov 2004, 06:57
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Crush, I'm not a big art connoisseur, but I do get a Tolkien calendar every year (going back to 1974), and I have to admit that I'm little bit a Frank Frazetta fan. Thanks for…
17 Sep 2004, 07:49
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Howdy Crush. It's been a long time since I've posted to the group, but I've been following the discussion intermittently (as my limited time allows) and wanted to point somethin…
15 Jul 2003, 03:44
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Just a couple of thoughts about "text-evidence" readers: A "text evidence" reader would hold no such view if the text indicated that the character were lying or speaking somethin…
14 Mar 2003, 05:18
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Hello everyone. I read "Castaway" a couple of times and thought I'd offer up some thoughts, and try a stab at answering some of Nigel's questions. First, some observations: I'…
07 Feb 2003, 15:23
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No, I disagree. The gun on the wall was nothing so cosmic as having Silk and Severian in the same universe. It's much more simple: Horn/Silk could, in certain situations, astra…
03 Dec 2002, 03:50
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I meant "Quetzal and the Eden Story" -- not "Quetal" Dad gum spelling.…
27 Nov 2002, 21:53
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Hello again. Just replying to my own message here. Yesterday I asked if anybody had a transcript of the Gene Wolfe People Online transcript, and Roy Lackey was kind enough to e-…
27 Nov 2002, 19:29
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I like this back-and-forth stuff. It helps me to think better. This is kind-of long, so let's go: Point taken. From now on I'll feel free to rant away. :-) Well, I don't see …
26 Nov 2002, 22:10
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Well, this is the second time in the span of a couple of hours that I'm forced to admit to a mistake in celestial mechanics. Actually, I had forgotten about Green being "full" w…
26 Nov 2002, 18:55
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Ahem back. You're right, of course. My training is in mathematics, not geological/planetary science. Still, I should have thought of that. My tendency seems to be jumping in …
26 Nov 2002, 17:41
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Several things, including an argument for why Green is not Lune: You're assuming, of course, that Lune = Green, which I don't believe to be the case. But even if that were the c…
26 Nov 2002, 15:43
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I have to disagree. I think they're only maddening when you're looking for conclusive evidence to support incorrect theories. :-) But inhumu "bites" don't cause bleeding in the…
26 Nov 2002, 14:38
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OK. That would mean that there are (or were) such devices on Green (or Blue). And again, we're thrown into the realm of having no evidence of any kind -- that I'm aware of, tha…
25 Nov 2002, 19:30
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I always took the blood-bats to be actual bats, similar to South American vampire bats except larger and less afraid of attacking people than those we have on our "Earth." Also,…
25 Nov 2002, 18:44
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Hey, all allegories fall apart if you examine them too closely. ;-)…
19 Nov 2002, 19:13
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The Neighbors. They're the ones who wanted to use the inhumi as agents for measuring humanity's worthiness. That is, they introduced the "fruit" to the "rabbit" so it would "cl…
19 Nov 2002, 19:08
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I think Quetzal wanted to prevent theophanies so that the populace wouldn't be informed that Pas was dead. (Of course, this is exactly what happened when Echidna appeared at the…
19 Nov 2002, 16:54
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In order for the inhumi to have come aboard before the Silk is enlightened -- and I don't think you can question that Quetzal was on board before Silk was enlightened -- then the…
19 Nov 2002, 15:37
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Roy, I always like your posts because you always ask interesting, meaty questions. Let me see how well I can address them. Before I really get started, here are some quotes rela…
19 Nov 2002, 15:23
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Hello Don. I'd like to respond to your idea about the "alien-ness" the animals of the Blue/Green system. You say that the leatherskin is "the only really alien creature in the …
18 Nov 2002, 15:43
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Hello all. I hate to rain on everyone's parade who seems to think that Silk's enlightenment occurred at the point where the Whorl dropped out of FTL travel (if in fact the Whorl…
18 Nov 2002, 14:08
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Thanks for the pointer, hartshorn. It allowed me to find the answer to my question. Not that anybody else is interested, but the answer is that in chapter 10 of RttW, as Horn a…
13 Nov 2002, 21:12
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Personally, I think that's as unambiguous as Gene Wolfe gets. It seems like there are at least a few instances where some issue that has been confusing in a previous book gets a c…
25 Sep 2002, 19:52
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Not necessarily. Based on the theory that I put forth in my last post, Betel was involved in "hiding" maid-of-all-work Magnesia as Maytera Marble. In such circumstances, I can ea…
24 Sep 2002, 17:20
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--------------F475610FF3241803C2226D86 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Roy, There's a very short quote in ON BLUE'S WATERS that mention…
24 Sep 2002, 16:49
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This is off-topic and trivial beyond belief, but I'd just like to express my admiration for the above sentence. My seventh-grade English teacher would love to see it diagrammed. …
04 Sep 2002, 13:56
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Since his "other" parents -- being the ones biologically responsible for at least most of his DNA -- would have lived or at least had viable DNA during Typhon's reign (300+ years a…
15 Jul 2002, 15:07
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I have to disagree with hartshorn's reading of the airship incident. If you'll recall, Silk was standing very close to the edge and Horn was expressing concern that Silk would jum…
12 Jul 2002, 17:02
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But why would fighting to protect himself drive Silk to despair? He killed the Talus and although he felt guilty about it, he didn't despair. He smacked Musk a wrapping good blow…
12 Jul 2002, 15:51
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