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10 Apr 2007, 19:47
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To those who have read their ARC Soldier of Sidon - did Wolfe recapture the tone of the earlier Soldier stories? Could someone read them one after the other without noticing a shi…
26 Jul 2006, 13:10
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I have heard that Terry Pratchett has a habit of cramming his books with clever references to other books and authors. Most are too clever for me to catch, but this one in Carpe J…
14 Apr 2000, 13:41
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Has it been established here that Christianity played no part in Urth's past? Or that it did, but so long ago that it has been forgotten? Would Dorcas' memory of the rood be evide…
06 Oct 1999, 07:57
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John Bishop said: I always felt that this scene is a tribute to the genre of pulp adventure, rather than a specific reference to a historical event. The plane, I thought was a de…
04 Mar 1999, 09:20
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My apologies. As far as I know, there is no audiotape of 'Soldier of the Mists'. When I searched on Amazon.com under audiotape by 'gene wolfe' the Soldier story was pulled in, to…
19 Jan 1999, 07:43
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Kieran, I have a copy of Wolfe reading 'A Solar Labyrinth' and 'the Island of Dr. Death and Other Stories'. They are pleasant to listen to, though he is a sonorous reader. I ha…
18 Jan 1999, 15:58
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From: "Mark Millman" <Mark_Millman at hmco.com> Subject: Re: (urth) Digest Urth, or brains thereof Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 12:04:38 This was my thinking, too- the Autarch's oldest per…
16 Jul 1998, 08:04
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Robert Borski wrote You're interpretation of SUSANNE DELANGE is very interesting. I'll bet your interpretation of 'rather straightforward' is as well. Craig BTW- the graphic…
29 Jun 1998, 11:45
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 Edition Online at: http://www.onelook.com/ For*lese" (?), v. t. [p. p. Forlore (?), Forlorn ().] [OE. forlesen. See Forlorn.]…
25 Jun 1998, 12:21
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Forlesen is one of my favorite Wolfe stories. The main character's, in fact most or the characters' lives, seem to be condensed into one long, drab, pointless day. Forlesen…
25 Jun 1998, 10:44
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Mark Millman, Thank-you for the very clear explanation of Lamarkism. I thought I had a passing familiarity with it, but I confess I was lumping it together with Lysenkois…
05 Jun 1998, 16:14
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Dan Parmenter, You wrote here, and, I've read the same thing elsewhere in the archives. Could you point me to some examples of this? I'd like to read those over. Craig Chri…
05 Jun 1998, 13:41
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Earlier this month I posted a question- "can anyone provide a list of magazines with Wolfe's short stories in them?" I answered my own question when a search turned up this s…
26 May 1998, 11:18
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My only worry was that I had inserted a couple of feeble jokes into my remarks. One participant at least, mistook one for a serious comment and corrected me. I hope that I …
26 May 1998, 08:20
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While reading through the archives I came across this February 1998 post from Christopher Culver This thought made brought to mind Severian's encounter with the small versio…
20 May 1998, 12:37
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OK by me. I wouldn't want my less less-than-serious posts to be taken out of context (again). BTW. The theme of momentous events wiped from memory also occurs in the short…
18 May 1998, 15:34
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Robert King, Have you seen Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"? If you have perhaps that is where you get the associat…
13 May 1998, 12:02
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Can anyone tell me where Wolfe's most recent stories have been published? I found a reference to Try And Kill It , Isaac Asimov's magazine 10/96 and 11/96. I read Counting …
12 May 1998, 15:34
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William, Good points, but how about this well-known quote from Hamlet? "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" Maybe the narrator owed her money and has conveniently forgotten it. <g…
12 May 1998, 08:40
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Adam, Thank-you for the thorough explanation of this short story. You have convinced me with simple math that the narrator is not the father of the young lady at the end. …
11 May 1998, 13:13
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Peter, None taken. Yes, it is a very well-known quote, even to me. But, aren't there many familiar quotes from Hamlet? I haven't read the play for a couple of years and di…
11 May 1998, 12:42
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After reading Suzanne Delange I looked for Spanish Influenza information, to date when the characters were in high school. Of course I was surprised to learn that the Spanis…
11 May 1998, 09:08
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This is my first post. I have been working my way through the archives for several weeks, and I am finally caught up. Peter, I read Suzanne Delange again last night and when …
08 May 1998, 14:09
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