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The relatively-new CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO SCIENCE FICTION includes an essay which dedicates about a page and a half to Wolfe's solar works. The overview isn't terribly in-depth, bu…
05 Oct 2004, 09:03
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08 Jul 2003, 11:34
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I recently read "Seven American Nights" and think it is one of Wolfe's finest - and most chilling - works. I've long been unhappy that Wolfe has shown little interest in minority…
09 Apr 2003, 02:14
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Someone -probably someone who posts on this list - has created an entry for Gene Wolfe at the already 100,000-entry, free (as in "freedom" as well as in "free beer") web encyclop…
25 Jan 2003, 15:45
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On the bookshelves (at least when some of his books are misshelved in the Fiction section), Gene Wolfe sits by the early 20th-century writer Thomas Wolfe. Has anyone read any of …
24 Jan 2003, 14:40
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Does anyone know where to track down a copy of OPERATION ARES? It is supposedly an awful book, partly because of Wolfe's not yet mature style and bad editing, but I'd like a copy t…
09 May 2002, 00:06
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I wouldn't be too surprised. We have Larry Leif the returned Vietnam veteran, who's nonetheless young enough to have a sister in high school, so that makes me suspect the story i…
17 Apr 2002, 14:09
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I've been corresponding with Gene Wolfe for a few weeks now, and I'm pleasantly surprised that he has time to answer letters from fans. Apparently, The Wizard Knight will be in t…
01 Apr 2002, 05:04
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It's been about three years since I played that game, but besides Terminus Est I remember that one of the swords was called an estoc, a rather obscure word that the designers cou…
26 Mar 2002, 05:19
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Hello all, We've all seen how useful Severian's sabertache is. Does anyone know where one could buy a sabertache in this modern world? Surely there is at least a company that ma…
07 May 2001, 03:12
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For the record, I'm Catholic. I was an atheist when I was younger, but Graham Greene's novel _The Power and the Glory_ and a great deal of prayer brought me into the Church. The …
27 Feb 2001, 18:01
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Hello all, My first post after reading RttW. I'll admit that I'm somewhat disappointed; the BotSS is no BotNS, but it's certainly much better than the BotLS. Tormented first-per…
14 Feb 2001, 23:37
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Pat. Nut. wrote: <Dire interpretations of Wolfe events are tempting, but recall how often they have been wrong. Weer in *Peace* was supposed to be a multiple murderer, according to…
10 Aug 2000, 18:04
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Here's the good ol' spoiler space, which I hope we can do away with soon: Yeah, and that's what baffles me about Horn's religious notions: he still thinks Pas is a god and can st…
23 Jul 2000, 20:13
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Hi all, Because this will contain some slight spoilers: *SPOILER SPACE* *SPOILER SPACE* *SPOILER SPACE* *SPOILER SPACE* *SPOILER SPACE* *SPOILER SPACE* *SPOILER SPACE* *SPOILER S…
21 Jul 2000, 02:37
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Hello all, (Back after about a year's absence from the list). Two brief speculations on the history of the guild of torturers: 1) The tradition that masters of the guild wear a …
16 Apr 2000, 22:17
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