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From: Allan Lloyd <lloyd at nexus.kc3.co.uk> aka "Wooly Bug" :-) I think it's been noted in passing, though never really discussed. I certainly noticed it; indeed, I also noticed t…
16 Apr 2001, 09:57
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Rostrum writes: Yes, this is an excellent point, and I think it's also true of the things that some of us found annoying, such as the image of "astral Oreb" as a tentacled hairy d…
28 Mar 2001, 17:46
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I don't have OBW in front of me right now, but doesn't Seawrack claim at one point that Horn has in fact been turned over to *her*? BTW, speaking of mermaids what's up with "Merfr…
26 Feb 2001, 10:52
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I rather like that, and I certainly support a unified Wolfe list. Random Whorl comment, probably made before: I wish we got more of Master Xiphias. He deserves a short story or t…
19 Oct 2000, 10:30
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Things worth noting: *spoilers* The original novella ends a bit more ambiguously than the novel does I believe. I've always thought that COC should be read along with BOTNS and …
02 Jun 1999, 11:52
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Okay, I rather like 'Westwind'. I'm assuming that it's basically about people talking to God by radio instead of prayer, or as a form of prayer perhaps. Did I "get" it? D…
16 Oct 1998, 11:51
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Agreed, though maybe Mia Farrow would work too. Nah, how about Arnold as Piaton and the head of Yul Brynner for Typhon? The Marilyn fit is awfully good, and given that you've all…
13 May 1998, 07:39
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I never said that Palaemon *was* Severian0 but rather that Palaemon could be thought of as a predecessor to Severian, someone who trod a similar path, but didn't quite make it as f…
05 May 1998, 12:07
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Maybe I tried to read DYING EARTH at the wrong time in my life, but it never totally grabbed me, though I can easily see its impact on Wolfe. Has Wolfe ever mentioned Brian Aldiss'…
22 Apr 1998, 12:44
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Isn't it the prisoners who make this claim? And isn't it also mentioned that some of the previous generation also claimed to be seventh generation descendants of the original pris…
13 Mar 1998, 10:35
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Yes, but I think Wolfe will allow for (perhaps inisit on!) multiple interpretations, and the one that came to mind immediately for me was this: Ozymandius P.B. Shelley 1818 I met…
10 Mar 1998, 11:07
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