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Welcome, David. You can probably find many more detailed answers in the archives, but my take is that Number 5 has become just like his "father." Just as Maitre hoped to raise hi…
31 May 2008, 20:16
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StoneOx17 said: I think it's often said that the Fair Folk cannot enter a human dwelling without an invitation, so you could be right. I still have bit of a problem with Lissy d…
30 May 2008, 19:39
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So far, we've only talked about physical evidence for the Daniel/Lissy theory. If it's true, there should also be clues in the dialog that all is not well with the Tim/Lissy rela…
30 May 2008, 12:49
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For simplicity I'll assume that the clock was turned back to a single point in time. As you say, the evidence points to it being the morning after they built the driftwood fire o…
29 May 2008, 08:47
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Good clue-spotting. All right, let's pursue this. There are some other interesting details: 1) Lissy was awake and sitting up when Tim entered on the day of the damp towel. 2) Th…
28 May 2008, 19:44
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I think you are right. I prefer that ending, anyway. It would lessen the tragedy if Tim found out that Lissy was lying about never having met his father. The fairy King didn't re…
28 May 2008, 12:09
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I was rereading some stories in "Endangered Species" and I had a question: what is Tim wearing in the final scene? There are two possible answers: 1) Swimming trunks. He swam out…
26 May 2008, 22:53
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I think the Joe at the end is a real person. At the point they find him sitting outside, Bonnie had not yet entered the Thing. Her unborn child was not involved, except to give h…
26 May 2008, 08:38
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Magus<http://www.infinityplus.co.uk/nonfiction/intgw.htm> :* * *GW*: "Hour of Trust" was inspired by a Damon Runyon story, "A Light in France." It's basically an early WWII story,…
20 May 2008, 15:41
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Thanks. I'd love to discuss PEACE again.…
17 May 2008, 10:39
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Steven writes: For one thing, it gains an opportunity to use first person in just one place...…
17 May 2008, 05:31
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Roy C. Lackey writes: In my version, Nadan will have the same soul-shattering revelation, but it will be an epiphany of psychological horror. He will learn before he dies that t…
15 May 2008, 12:05
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Here is some more evidence I found. Here some are other errors (other than Nadan drinking alchohol) in what I believe is the forged part, the account of the final day and night: …
13 May 2008, 15:59
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I'm a computer programmer from Santa Fe, New Mexico in my early 50's who just recently got back into Wolfe books after a gap of many years. When I was cleaning out my old books i…
12 May 2008, 07:25
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Yes, there has to be evidence beyond the notebook that Nadan has gone to the Bay of Delaware. But if the ending of the journal account has been faked, then so could that evidence…
11 May 2008, 09:51
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Here is my reconstruction of what really happened, day by day. 1. Saturday Nadan arrives in Washington. Angers Mr. Tallman by pointing out yellow water. Begin…
10 May 2008, 12:16
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Thanks for the encouragement, Matthew. Rereading with the forgery plot in mind, here are some new thoughts. 1) The woman who helped Nadan get the curator into bed supplied him wi…
09 May 2008, 18:19
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Here are more indications that the forgery theory is correct. 1) Did Nadan tell anyone he was keeping a journal? He told the curator, "I had been writing a great deal before I ca…
09 May 2008, 04:40
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I found more evidence for the forgery theory in SAN: "I carried with me the bottle we had bought, still nearly half full; and before she pinched out the candle I persuaded her to …
08 May 2008, 19:59
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Since I proposed my own theory for the supposed "missing night" in SAN, I should address some of the other theories. They are full of excellent analyses, but in the end I decided…
08 May 2008, 11:50
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The story ends with "Do you think this is his handwriting?...Perhaps. Perhaps." And perhaps not. This adds K+1 to the abstraction. Nadan's account is already unreliable because …
07 May 2008, 05:32
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I just read "The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories" and I'd like to use the symbol of the dog-man there to help interpret the story of Charles Turner and Doris. In IODDAO…
01 May 2008, 05:34
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Peter <stoneox17 at aol.com> writes: Weer has a habit of referring to woman by their maiden names, if that's how he first knew them. For example, he refers to Mrs. Price as Miss …
29 Apr 2008, 05:39
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I'm continuing to look with suspicion on Miss Hadow, and I discovered what is either a typo or a significant clue. On p. 226 of the Berkeley paperback edition, she says "I'm Mr. …
27 Apr 2008, 05:38
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Yes, there's plenty of internal corroboration that the story was told at the birthday party. There's also a mention of Julius with a plate of crumbs from the birthday cake. I think…
27 Apr 2008, 02:37
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My impression was that Olivia didn't really want to buy it. She wanted to get Macafee to give it to her, but she was afraid that her November birthday would give him plenty of time…
26 Apr 2008, 04:44
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In my previous post on this topic I elaborated a theory that Eleanor Bold murdered Den Weer. Since then I have looked into more information about her and I think I'll have to mod…
25 Apr 2008, 06:49
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*Roy C. Lackey wrote:* These are Wolfe's characters, so they'll do as he thinks they will. But here we have Weer projecting his experience on Elliot; he could be right about himse…
24 Apr 2008, 04:14
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I'm still looking for out-of-place memories for my "one devil" theory, and I found another glaring example: the ladies' Indian Club meeting on Den's fifth birthday. It's describe…
23 Apr 2008, 04:46
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I started thinking about the Christmas gift exchange (pearls for toilet water) in the first chapter, and what it reveals about Weer's family. I don't believe Mr. Elliot did it. N…
22 Apr 2008, 07:17
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To press on the analogy, Clue players must visit specific rooms in a mansion in order to invoke memories to confirm or contradict their theories. They cannot access the central roo…
22 Apr 2008, 06:45
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In FLF chapter 7, Ozzie Barnes goes down to the cellar with Ben Free. Suddenly their candle goes out and "a new and different Free had come suddenly with the dark." Does anyone ag…
20 Apr 2008, 01:28
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I hope this works as a reply. I had to use a different email account but it's still me. I thought about that idea but decided against it. There is this exchange: I say, "Please, …
19 Apr 2008, 05:08
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I'm new to this list and I'm just beginning to read some Gene Wolfe books I bought years ago. Most recently I read "Free Live Free" and "Peace". I read the New Sun series a long ti…
18 Apr 2008, 15:19
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