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I'm *hoping* to get a copy this weekend...…
06 Dec 2013, 21:30
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Somehow, it made me think of the Dr Who theme...…
03 Dec 2013, 16:35
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Pelan is an "associate editor" at Centipede Press. On the other hand, so is the highly reliable S.T. Joshi.…
03 Dec 2013, 01:13
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Seawrack. On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Andrew Mason <andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com…
25 Nov 2013, 22:00
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He did marry a woman who was not a Jew. To a traditional Jew, that's almost the same thing :)…
25 Nov 2013, 21:49
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Silk isn't Jesus, he's Moses.…
25 Nov 2013, 16:37
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The thing, the thing is, that if Urth is Green then there's no easy explanation, but if Urth is Blue, then the obvious explanation for the Ring of Glass is that it's the ruins of F…
10 Oct 2013, 16:01
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Embrace the power of "and."…
13 Sep 2013, 20:06
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The "Puertas" cover is modified from an American Stephen R. Donaldson cover.…
09 Sep 2013, 16:37
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One other thing about the dogs/gods -- given that they eat the sacrifices, are they a slam at priestly castes who grow fat on their flocks?…
28 Aug 2013, 16:24
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Or maybe the fragility of tenacity?…
21 Aug 2013, 00:53
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Perhaps it has the significance of "crazy."…
15 Aug 2013, 18:22
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I didn't feel that at the time, but looking back at it, yeah, I think so.…
12 Aug 2013, 15:13
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... and all this leads around to the question of whether Severian (the Severian we know, who is "not the first Severian") is himself a _khaibit_ or "shadow...thus the real meaning …
02 Aug 2013, 19:27
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"Does the series conclude with S.o.Sidon?" -- That depends on whether Wolfe writes another one or not. The series is open-ended.…
29 Jul 2013, 16:14
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Delany has been fascinated since early days with the idea of "artist as outlaw," and he sometimes takes this to extremes in his own writing. That said, he has gone too far for me t…
28 Jul 2013, 01:29
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The difference is that he's not that particular kind of pervert, but politically supports their right to exist. His argument (which I do _not_ agree with) is that man-boy love was …
27 Jul 2013, 19:20
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No, he is not, though he has spoken in support of them.…
27 Jul 2013, 18:33
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Delany is (or at least was) a Marxist with very little interest in religion.…
26 Jul 2013, 19:49
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Well, he lived a good long life and had fun in his old age making jazz. God bless him.…
29 May 2013, 21:04
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I haven't published anything I'd call "Wolfean," but I've published four stories in the past. The only one in print is in Kevin J. Anderson's "Tales of Jabba's Palace" -- yes, a ST…
16 May 2013, 14:45
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They are of the higher rank. There are traditionally nine ranks of angels; according to Thomas Aquinas, these would be: Seraphim, Cherubim, and Thrones (the First Choir) Dominions…
09 May 2013, 00:28
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Yes, but (like me) Wolfe is a Catholic and not bound by "it ain't in Scripture."…
08 May 2013, 20:32
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Usually 7. Gabriel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel>, Michael<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(archangel)> ,Raphael <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_(archangel)>, U…
08 May 2013, 20:17
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Da Man is 82 today.…
07 May 2013, 15:33
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http://tinyurl.com/cgy2tel "The term madregot comprises the various forms of super natural revelation, vision, clairvoyance, telepathy, miracle, healing, release from the physical…
03 May 2013, 17:25
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I pronounce it In-EAR-ay.…
03 May 2013, 15:28
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Recall what Severian says about this: We think we rule our symbols, but actually we are ruled by them. (Quoting from memory, so don't yell at me if I have the exact wording wrong.)…
19 Apr 2013, 19:55
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Without wanting to take any position on the current discussion, a metapoint: Samuel R. Delany (a writer of Wolfe's "generation" of SF writers) points out in several places that on…
11 Apr 2013, 20:23
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...I wish Wolfe were reading this list. I'm sure he'd get a lot of laughs from it.…
10 Apr 2013, 16:37
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The Vulgate is online, with interlineal translations, at http://vulgate.org/…
08 Apr 2013, 17:08
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Rose: Some wonderful insights, with which I would pick but two nits: The feast in the forest is specifically a _perversion_ of the Eucharist, which Severian by his nature purifie…
08 Apr 2013, 16:57
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The enmity between Communism and Christianity stems from Marx's belief that religion was used to keep the proletariat in line, to lure them away from their just rights with the pro…
05 Apr 2013, 18:33
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Thus Severian's "lesson" on the stages of government.…
05 Apr 2013, 17:53
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Severian was permanently affected by Thecla because he was the Conciliator and actually brought her back to life in his own brain.…
07 Feb 2013, 16:51
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Several good reasons to start here, including it's Williams's first novel. There is a definite development of the density of his novels as they go along. Not surprisingly, these a…
17 Dec 2012, 17:04
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Williams pretty much invented modern "urban fantasy."…
17 Dec 2012, 16:12
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Some interesting comments here: http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/12/13/gene-wolfe-chosen-as-sfwa-grand-master/…
13 Dec 2012, 16:43
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Clarke was also something of an atheistic mystic, particularly visible in stories like "Against the Fall of Night/The City and the Stars."…
29 Nov 2012, 18:54
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This would be people like John Ringo, Eric Flint, etc. The "grand master" of this, though, is David Weber, and his Honor Harrington metaseries*, which is actually pretty readable. …
29 Nov 2012, 18:53
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There's a sort of grey area of reasonably-hard SF (firm SF?) where certain "canonical miracles," such as FTL travel, are allowed, but the story ideas still need to be based around …
29 Nov 2012, 17:40
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Not really -- they both seem to have about one G of surface gravity, so getting close enough that their atmospheres meaningfully touched would involve massive tidal effects up to a…
28 Nov 2012, 16:21
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Given a choice between an autobiography and one more novel, I'll take the novel.…
28 Nov 2012, 16:17
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I've never heard of this test -- one prophet was asked to put a hot coal into his mouth which then became The Word Of The Lord for him to speak. That's about it.…
26 Nov 2012, 21:40
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All Severian says on the subject is that he "reforms" the Guild.…
26 Nov 2012, 21:12
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Or to put it differently: Both God and Man are absolutely free to act in accordance with their nature. However, that nature constrains their choices... Einstein once pondered, "I …
26 Nov 2012, 18:50
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There's a passage somewhere where Silk wonders whether "free will" is just the privilege of consenting to what is going to happen anyway.…
26 Nov 2012, 16:54
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My copy arrived two weeks ago. I think it's excellent work.…
21 Nov 2012, 16:26
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Haven't heard anything from Michael lately.…
06 Oct 2012, 01:47
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My favorite of his books. Congratulations.…
01 Oct 2012, 20:37
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