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I have long thought that Wolfe's labyrinthine stories would make great cinema--in the hands of a suitably Lupine director. I don't know who such a director might be, but I will co…
14 Mar 1997, 23:11
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I continue to reflect on the various kinds of intelligence Wolfe has created in the Whorl. Many of them are too elusive for firm definitions. (How definable is our own intelligen…
24 Feb 1997, 15:30
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Yipes, I hope I haven't diverted our Wolfe-chat into a literary sidebar that's too... hifilutin. I guess my list of favorite authors (Calvino, Borges, Nabokov, Barthelme) does inc…
14 Feb 1997, 11:58
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M.driussi at genie.com (mantis) has assured me that I'm not the only reader intrigued by the reality-probing nature of Wolfe's books. I must say, I think this aspect of Wolfe's work …
13 Feb 1997, 12:48
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In response to Dave Lebling's comments (about Silk sometimes being mistaken), Jim Jordan wrote: "In both the Severian Quintet and in the Long Sun Quartet Wolfe gives us a central …
11 Feb 1997, 14:04
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To Ranjit: Thanks a million for your wonderful, entertaining timeline. I'm saving it as a reference and thinking about it carefully. --H. Rathvon Questions or problems to whorl-…
04 Feb 1997, 15:14
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I seem to be sharing a wavelength with Dave Lebling, as I agree strongly with just about everything in his last message. To wit: 1.) I agree that Silk's biological parents are th…
04 Feb 1997, 11:21
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Fellow readers: This is the first mailing list to which I've subscribed, and I must say I enjoy reading every contribution. It really helps to share our thoughts, especially when …
28 Jan 1997, 10:03
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I tend to agree with David Lebling that the vision of Pike, followed by an object flitting out the window (not Oreb, he wouldn't lie), is probably our dark friend the shape-shiftin…
25 Jan 1997, 11:46
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While we are all pondering Quetzal, Hyacinth, voided crosses, and other mysteries of the Whorl, allow me to mention one other tantalizing matter. In "Lake" (p. 223), Hammerstone r…
22 Jan 1997, 09:28
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Like RevJack, I had taken note of the name "Typhon," the tyrant who called himself Pas. For what it's worth--and I anticipate a divergence of opinion on this point--I think it's a…
18 Jan 1997, 08:49
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Thanks to everyone posting to this group! I feel I get a little insight from every message. As I re-re-read the quartet of "Long Sun" books, I'm keeping my eye on Quetzal. It's …
17 Jan 1997, 12:00
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To James Stewart: The line in question is actually "At that moment I burst into the room." It occurs on page 282 (the last page of chapter 13) of "Exodus from the Long Sun." Unt…
12 Jan 1997, 19:25
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Patrick wrote: "Anyone else get the feeling that there are fathoms of mystery yet unplumbed in these books? Every time I reread I'm stunned by how Wolfe can couch the most startlin…
12 Jan 1997, 18:53
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This is to thank Patrick O'Leary for the recent "Whorl" comments, which seem to me insightful and interesting. (But I wish, Patrick, you'd enlarge upon your closing comment: "It a…
11 Jan 1997, 10:38
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I thank Rich Skrenta and Peter Cash for replying to my queries about the top-of-the-airship conversation between Silk and Horn. I am almost finished with my second reading of "Exo…
05 Jan 1997, 11:32
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I've just finished "Exodus" and have also just joined this terrific-looking mail group. I have lots of questions about both ventures (the Long Sun books and the mailing list). Par…
30 Dec 1996, 19:38
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