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In light of the recent discussions about BotNS as appearing to be Sword & Sorcery: just realised I briefly addressed this about a year and a half ago in a post on my Wolfe blog. …
19 Dec 2011, 01:40
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Thought people here might enjoy seeing that new readers are still discovering Wolfe for the very first time and being instantly enchanted. A friend of mine (an aspiring writer) wh…
19 Dec 2011, 00:59
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Well, Lee, I'm one of the newer 'very intelligent, insightful, well-read contributors' who is in danger of being chased away even by your 'free thought' postings. But never fear, …
16 Dec 2011, 21:03
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To be honest, David, I was completely sympathetic with you in your response to Gerry. I even knew that's what you were getting at. I was just worried the derisive-seeming shortha…
16 Dec 2011, 20:21
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Thanks for your generous interpretation of my comments, Lee. I actually am well known among family and friends as being the aggro one at times - I have to fight hard with myself t…
16 Dec 2011, 18:48
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Ha, 'The Honour of Israel Gow' applied to this list. Spot on! -DOJP 2011/12/16 Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com>…
16 Dec 2011, 18:28
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I tend to think of Robert Howard and Tolkien as two differing and interesting streams that find their mutual source in Dunsany (at least in so far as each of the former embody mode…
16 Dec 2011, 18:27
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Good points again, Craig. But I wonder if Tolkien is to some degree High Brow Sword & Sorcery, and Conan and the like are Low Brow Heroic Fantasy? Wolfe, would again perhaps fall…
16 Dec 2011, 15:03
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I'd actually have to agree with Gerry here. Well, first of all, as to your rhetorical question, it doesn't at all follow from the fact that your 'observations' evoke resentment th…
16 Dec 2011, 14:56
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My second sentence should read: 'I though that "to recommend..."' (i.e. erase the second 'I' - a typo).…
16 Dec 2011, 14:35
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Ah, Lee, I kind of sympathise sometimes with some of the things you seem to be saying on this list, but mostly I don't understand you very well and your comments directed to me her…
16 Dec 2011, 14:31
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Dang it. This thread totally got away from me. Since I started the current genre discussion with a comment to the effect that BotNS has a 'feel' of SnS (at first), let me just re…
16 Dec 2011, 11:23
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a spoiler warning in the subject line should take care of it...…
14 Dec 2011, 22:29
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2011/12/14 Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com> Yeah, I hear you as regards garb, but for me, I cannot merely 'see' miracles, monsters, and long journeys on foot - they c…
14 Dec 2011, 16:10
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If it's not already clear, I'm an experiential sort of reader. For me, the 'problem' with reading Long Sun *after* I had already read OBW was that, to use one example, I had alrea…
14 Dec 2011, 15:44
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2011/12/14 Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com> Hum on FHoC. Not even the fact that they colonised these planets by space travel and an intelligent robot is a central cha…
14 Dec 2011, 14:36
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That sounds like an awesome idea. Maybe I'll try it too. -DOJP…
14 Dec 2011, 14:25
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Yeah, I saw right away it was 'science fantasy', but the sword, cloak, long journeys on foot, healings (and other 'miracles' I doubt are reducible to 'technologies we don't underst…
14 Dec 2011, 14:24
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On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote: Given that Wolfe is best on a re-read, it’s logical that there can’t really be a “best” order! Em, ther…
14 Dec 2011, 14:20
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Precocious! I was reading Hobbit and LOTR during those years. Didn't discover Wolfe until my late twenties. I would've LOVED New Sun, especially Severian, in my childhood and ad…
14 Dec 2011, 13:32
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*2011/12/14 Ant?nio Pedro Marques:* *Well, I don't really think there is a Correct Way to read GW, of course. Everyone's experience will be different and rich in its own way. But s…
14 Dec 2011, 12:57
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Although, I have to say, I for some reason read On Blue's Waters first and only then went back and read Long Sun before starting over and completing Short Sun. As much as I/loved/…
14 Dec 2011, 12:20
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Ha, good point. Although, I have to say, I for some reason read On Blue's Waters first and only then went back and read Long Sun before starting over and completing Short Sun. As…
14 Dec 2011, 10:34
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Oops, sorry for potential spoilers, Larry. I reckon you'll come on some hints in the second quarter. I doubt you've reached them yet. Werewolves are mentioned directly at least …
13 Dec 2011, 21:53
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Hm, I read Wizard-Knight first, but that was actually the first thing (after attempting various others) that finally got me properly into Wolfe. To do again, I would definitely go …
13 Dec 2011, 19:48
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I'm half way through Soldier in the Mist, Larry. Glad to finally get round to this series that seems to be nearly as popular and central as the solar cycle. I shouldn't have star…
13 Dec 2011, 19:35
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Yeah, I think it's great too and still mean to get round to engaging with it on my Gene Wolfe blog some day. -DOJP…
06 Dec 2011, 20:00
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'If Ever a Wiz There Was' by Patrick O'Leary, in the book *Other Voices, Other Doors* and online here: http://web.mac.com/paddybon/Site/a_tribute_to_Gene_Wolfe.html -DOJP…
06 Dec 2011, 19:01
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Wow, thanks for the admirable willingness to publicly apologise for any part you may have had in it, Marc. On a different but related note, is there a Wolfe scholar out there who …
22 Nov 2011, 16:40
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*chimes in with similar sentiment to the others raising concerns* -DOJP…
22 Nov 2011, 15:59
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George MacD! How could I neglect to mention one of my all-time faves. Well, thanks all for reminding me that Proddys do represent! (Although it seems to have been a suspiciously …
26 Oct 2011, 19:49
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*Oh, but! You have such giants as LaHaye and Jenkins! (Ducking and running...)* I laid myself bare and you took full advantage. As soon as I recover from this dirty below the b…
26 Oct 2011, 18:37
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*I too am an adult convert to Catholicism, among other things* You've converted as an adult to other religions as well? Heh, heh, just jokin'. *the wor(l)d was spoken -- is in i…
26 Oct 2011, 17:29
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Hm, very interesting and thought provoking indeed. I like it. -DOJP On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:53 PM, Andrew Mason <andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com…
26 Oct 2011, 16:59
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*On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>wrote: ...something of the nature of storytelling seems to be part of the story* Oh yes, definitely. Th…
26 Oct 2011, 16:56
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*On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com>wrote: This quasi-dream/quasi-reality essence is exactly what I think WOlfe was going for. He doesn't WAN…
26 Oct 2011, 16:48
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*I believe that the point here is that this is something that can _only_ happen in a text...and a text of a particular kind (Postmodern SF) at that.…
26 Oct 2011, 16:40
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*They are disembodied spirits (ghosts, if you will) with bodies fashioned from "dream-stuff". Thus they can die in dream-travel and their bodies remain. Their bodies that they left…
26 Oct 2011, 16:13
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Great, thanks for that clarification. My evidential assessment of your position will have to await my re-read of Long Sun, but I now see the analytic validity of your view. It se…
26 Oct 2011, 16:01
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'There is simply no other reasonable explanation, given the context, for Pike's sparkly disapperating ghost' Does 'reasonable' here = naturalistic? Are we not allowing for any 'r…
26 Oct 2011, 15:51
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What's the deal with it being semi-physical? Is it 'out of body' even though you can physically influence stuff in the place you 'go' to? It's one of the weirdest things I've eve…
26 Oct 2011, 15:04
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Yeah, that is pretty hilarious. And, yeah, I've always those Long Sun covers were not bad - especially compared to most other Solar Cycle stuff. -DOJP…
25 Oct 2011, 18:20
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Hm, out of what I actually own, I guess I might go for Island of Dr Death (purple skull) or Endangered Species (stick wings). This one's probably the worst I own: http://www.sal…
25 Oct 2011, 18:04
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How have I not consciously noticed that before about the short story collections? You're absolutely right, James, and it's heartening. I now see that I had subconsciously registe…
25 Oct 2011, 17:50
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Also, why can't the quality and style of the Wolfe-inspired art at this link ever be one of Wolfe's book covers instead of the (what is to me) atrocious genre-inbred kitsch that us…
25 Oct 2011, 17:25
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There was what I thought was a recent one that was more or less about this called 'Lief in the Wind' - collected in *Stories*, edited by Neil Gaiman. Great idea and a few finely wo…
25 Oct 2011, 17:18
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Yeah, it might be more of a theme/image connection. Women in windows. (Trying to think of more of those in other books but drawing a blank for the moment - wait, the Inhumi young…
24 Oct 2011, 20:48
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I'll chime in on recommending Wolfe's short story collections - I haven't run into one I didn't pretty thoroughly enjoy, but Doctor Death is probably the one that's as consistently…
13 Oct 2011, 14:43
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Ha, ha, not yet, David! Wish I could help! Anybody heard whether Gene's gonna be able to complete The Land Across or follow up An Evil Guest with a novel set at least partly on W…
12 Oct 2011, 09:01
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http://www.gollancz.co.uk/tag/gene-wolfe/ -DOJP…
11 Oct 2011, 22:26
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