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Horn says a tall man with a big nose or a spider: therefore that dream was a favour from a good neighbour. *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
22 Jun 2000, 23:24
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The Rajan also mentions that the length of year varies across different cities' calendars, making his (and mantis's) calculations slightly harder. David Duffy. "reserved when ali…
18 Jun 2000, 09:17
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Talking about Dunsany reminded me of the fate of one of the characters in _The curse of the wise woman_, who may get the choice (he chooses the downward path) of dying and going to…
04 May 2000, 00:25
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I don't know if it has been mentioned before, but Stalin dies from his stroke (?) because nobody dares disturb him in his study. David Duffy.…
06 Apr 2000, 06:02
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That B. wants to live forever, while they presumably by choice reject such an option. | David Duffy. ,-_|\ | email: davidD@qim…
19 Jan 2000, 23:42
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In defence of Park, it is pretty clear that words like "horse" and "petrol" don't refer to the mammal and hydrocarbon we know and love. Perhaps destrier would have been better, …
03 Dec 1999, 00:38
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Slightly tangentially, I read _The marriage of Cadmus and Harmony_ after positive remarks here (IIRC). His new book (here anyway) is _Ka_, and the third chapter is all about Ushas…
26 Nov 1999, 00:25
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I've commented before on what I thought of as a medieval (Christian) world view in Wolfe, in that the pain and suffering in this antechamber to eternity is really not that importan…
22 Nov 1999, 00:19
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You shouldn't be completely dismissive of this. It was replicated up as high as cats (trooly rooly), but the effects were never really big. Just recently they've found there are a…
04 Nov 1999, 07:27
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Briefly delurking, I couldn't help but bite at the mantic comments wrt alchemy. A brief search gives several images that *might* inform UotNS (I don't have any primary references …
03 Nov 1999, 05:53
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03 Nov 1999, 00:17
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I seem to remember this is one of the stories in the Decameron.…
26 Jul 1999, 00:33
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I'm really impressed by this flowery analysis too. Just for this last list, maybe the English meanings/puns are also relevant, "loosing strife" as well as "ending strife", and "r…
18 Jul 1999, 05:21
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That is definitely the case for all his artificial creatures, such as the hollow men, (and more noticeably in the Long Sun) -- they are all made in the image of G*d, and all can be…
08 Jun 1999, 00:29
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A difference is that Wolfe actually is Catholic, but Blish IIRC was an atheist; and while Wolfe likes Borges and Chesterton, Blish liked Joyce and Cabell (and Star Trek) ;). The e…
02 Jun 1999, 02:14
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All this discussion reminds me of the not-to-be-got-into-here arguments about science fiction v fantasy v magical realism v fabulation v whatever whatever. Wolfe is a science fict…
30 Apr 1999, 03:37
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Has anyone seen the great photo of Wolfe in the recent collection called (IIRC) "Fantasy Writers": he is reclining on a couch wearing a Wolf T-shirt; a (pretty lupine) German She…
24 Mar 1999, 05:43
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I think they are characters in a dream, based on those waiting in one or more actual visits to the doctor. WRT dreams and rooms, Lessingham in _The Worm Orouboros_ has the room (“…
25 Jan 1999, 03:14
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(Maybe it should be Alder rather than Alden -- elm, though then you can't throw in Den) I have the impression (coming back to the pillow story) that Weir's life represents a wron…
06 Nov 1998, 00:13
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My Shorter Oxford has apheta as "M 17 Gk starter or sender off = HYLEG hyleg E 17 Pers celestial indicator of the length of a newborn child's life. Astrol. The giver of life in …
14 Oct 1998, 12:34
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I had two points - the first is about the arrow of time and entropy. Briah could actually be the contraction phase of our universe -- to viewers there, we are in their distant fut…
04 Sep 1998, 00:41
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I originally thought the story must take place on Halloween, but it is most likely to be Samhain (7th November), the New Year and start of Winter or Geimhreadh (Gaelic). I suspec…
10 Aug 1998, 11:04
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I am reminded of _The Thurb Revolution_ where the differences between Realists and Nominalists is discussed. WRT Dante, I have previously commented on the quote from Shea's Infern…
16 Jun 1998, 01:31
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Isn't the choice at the end of the Long sun series between the green and blue planets? viz the Aborigines. David Duffy.…
01 Jun 1998, 01:09
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Regarding _Acturus_ (I am a fan I guess), I think a link is what I think of as the medieval Christian viewpoint that suffering and death in this world are transitory -- so it's not…
25 Apr 1998, 03:55
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In _Urth_ Severian is told that the events he thinks are results of the power of the Claw are in fact his own work - especially raising of the dead. That being the case, his mispe…
24 Jun 1994, 06:08
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