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Someone may or may not have mentioned this before -- but -- Steve's comment on Quadrifons (may or may not) have a bearing on the whole problem of Silk and the inhumi. There is, yo…
18 Apr 2001, 12:37
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Alga oozed: Well... yes. Check out the Gospel according to Luke (the _only_ account of the Annunciation to Mary -- Mt. has an account of the Annunciation to Joseph, a different ma…
18 Apr 2001, 11:27
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Timothy Reilly objected to my use of the word "petty" wrt Wolfe's use of astral travel. I would suggest that this has far more to do with your expectations of what is and what isn…
17 Apr 2001, 11:33
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Actually, I think either Krait or (most likely) Sinew, both of whom accompany the Narr -- oh, Hell, _that_ at least is definitely all Horn -- to Green and are left behind there in…
12 Apr 2001, 15:26
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Adam hath writ: No, it doesn't. New Viron, however, does; and so does the Whorl. We haven't a clue what happens to the crewly mot that set off from NV (well, as you point out, we…
12 Apr 2001, 10:10
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I mean the former. Silk|Horn (whether portrayed by the Narr or by Hood & Hife, is (to me, at least) an attractive character but _not_ the terrifyingly good man Silk was: he's far…
12 Apr 2001, 09:59
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Modulo the idea that it was "nonsense," yes. Mr. Wolfe, who writes "science-fantasy" (more accurately: he writes science fiction that makes some different assumptions about the n…
12 Apr 2001, 09:21
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Ummmm... I think, maybe, that Mr Wolfe does not _intend_ us to have the reaction to (Hoof'n'Hide's) Silk|Horn* that we had to Horn's Silk. ---------- * Nice formulation, William…
11 Apr 2001, 11:25
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Grumble: It's "Dan'l," with no "ie". Or "Blattid," or "Roach" if y'all prefer. When I'm done reading Dante -- I only noticed because I happened to decide to read the Commedia rece…
09 Apr 2001, 10:08
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Ummm. Because it was the moment when enlightenment came to him? *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
06 Apr 2001, 07:51
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So Also, at the risk of being obvious, the structure of Book Three does not significantly match that of Book One -- in RttW, the flashbacks are separated from the "present" narrat…
03 Apr 2001, 07:49
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Black Jacques Shellac a écrit: Whereas I had been thinking of them as looking like, well, leeches. H'mmm. Leeches are kinda-sorta radial. At least their mouths are. Actually, …
28 Mar 2001, 12:17
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I think you have confused Wolfe heroes with Heinlein. (Uh, I mean Heinlein heroes.) *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
28 Mar 2001, 07:56
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Rostrum: That isn't just Catholic, it's "mainstream" Christian teaching, though the details vary. I believe some Protestant & Evangelical groups talk about a succession of bodies…
21 Mar 2001, 09:01
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If I recall correctly, she makes some part of herself look like a human woman for Horn (and earlier for Seawrack). So she has some kind of capacity for disguise, yes, but no abil…
16 Mar 2001, 11:06
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What them guys said. Sometime I think I'll have to do a miniarticle on Lupine humor -- there's a LOT of it, but it's usually subtle and often goes unnoticed until the fifth or so r…
14 Mar 2001, 07:53
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Further Borskianism: ... You aren't even damned for thinking the Neighbors have two heads, or seven if it makes you happy; just wrong (or at best unsubstantiated). But you are …
13 Mar 2001, 08:29
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Some of us, as it happens, _have_ reread SWORD recently. My copy isn't here at work with me, but... Do you recall _why_ he did a head transplant instead of just putting his brain i…
12 Mar 2001, 16:06
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I'll reply to a couple of specific points, but, Robert, it seems to me that this (like much discussion on this list) is a flagrant violation of Ockham's principle, multiplying en…
12 Mar 2001, 12:45
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Rather busy & don't have time to reply in detail -- but -- Adam, you seem to be barking up a very odd tree indeed here: Ummm... when else _could_ she have read it? The _only_ time…
07 Mar 2001, 16:20
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Let's take a step back for a moment, and see if I can't allay _some_ of your concern. Regarding his most blatant "Christ- figure," Severian, Wolfe has repeatedly insisted that he …
02 Mar 2001, 08:29
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Whooee! The fur is flying. (Possibly the fur on Quetzal's stole?) And if anyone out there is about to protest this turning into a Christian discussion group -- Start something els…
27 Feb 2001, 15:13
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Whoa -- good post, Marc. Convert or cradle? You've seen my posts; I'm pursuing a theory about Wolfe-readers... Actually, about SF readers in general... "Completely" independent, …
27 Feb 2001, 12:35
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Innarestin. Three RCs in the group, and we're all adult converts. Do we have enough data points to establish a pattern? Is there a cradle Catholic in the group? (Even better, an…
27 Feb 2001, 11:12
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why thank you robert perhaps i shd try writing that way and ...Naaah. Anyway, Robert cites my list of resonances, and comments: I agree: in my case, because I'm simply not prepa…
27 Feb 2001, 09:39
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Responding to my observation that a "return to the world" Which lets us mix the symbolism in yet another way -- Horn is very much Silk's spiritual son; after the death on Green, …
26 Feb 2001, 15:35
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Right, which is why I put "and Alex" in the paragraph you quoted 8*) Obnoxious, no, but I think we need a little more participation that focuses on the (often explicit) religious…
26 Feb 2001, 13:14
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I know, I know. It's not a wor, it's a phrase. Blatt, blatt, blatt. *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
26 Feb 2001, 10:22
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PatRat wrote: (quoting moi) Y'welcome. Right -- but he got better. Sort of... That's you, me, and Alex ... is anyone else on this list explicitly Christian? (Is _anyone_ but …
26 Feb 2001, 10:21
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Only that it's yet another example of Mr Wolfe's occasionally annoying, clever-boots technique of narrating all around an event, dropping bits of it here and there, but never actua…
26 Feb 2001, 08:13
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On further thought, so do I. There is no real indicator that (Pas)Silk downloads into Silkhorn at any time. My reasoning was that (1) Silk's spirit was dying, (2) Horn takes over, …
22 Feb 2001, 08:41
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No, it couldn't be, because of something Kevin Maroney said two weeks or so back: ...but possibly a being of the same sort... *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book…
14 Dec 2000, 14:13
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The quoted message chain ends with Paul: This is what I get for attempting irony on an email list. Damn it, do we have to put little emoticons after ***everything*** ... *This …
12 Dec 2000, 09:50
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Easy. Incompetence. *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
11 Dec 2000, 08:39
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While I agree with you in the general case, about SF's "image problem," I have to ask... Am I the _only_ person here who likes the covers on OBW and IGJ? I find this frankly hard …
05 Dec 2000, 08:50
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A Monday morning meditation inspired by Adam's post and the various replies thereunto. I may ramble. I'm inclined to agree with & even to insist upon the following basic points: …
04 Dec 2000, 10:15
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Alga emerged from her pond and asked: One of the Blattidaea, of course. Or, as my dear old grammaw would say, "One of dem cock-a-roaches." Blatt! Blatt! *This is WHORL, for dis…
28 Nov 2000, 07:58
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You mean like the cheesy authors of stories like "The Last Thrilling Wonder Story" and "The Fifth Head of Cerebus?" Yeah, you're probably right... *This is WHORL, for discussion …
27 Nov 2000, 08:33
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I hate to say it, but my first reaction is that the giant's face looks more than a bit like Wolfe's. I hope this doesn't turn into some metafictional crud. (Dammit, Dan'l, have fa…
22 Nov 2000, 11:45
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Rostrum a ecrit: IGJ contradicts your theory 8*) Here I want to disagree strenuously. By the end of _Shadow_, Severian has told us at least twice that he is become Autarch; dr…
21 Nov 2000, 12:37
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The Subject: line refers to the fact that I love PEACE, think it is in places a very funny book, and would very much like to understand it. 8*) Mantis, Doug Eigsti and I have be…
19 Oct 2000, 12:01
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H'mmmm. I'll have to look at this again. I'm probably just plain wrong here. But see below: My point (all together now: "And I do have a point") was, simply, that those suits …
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