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In IGJ, chapter 14, Duko Rigoglio mentions the Loganstone, assumed to be the lander that carried him and others to the Whorl. I don't see any speculation about this name in Moonm…
11 Aug 2013, 15:57
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06 Aug 2013, 14:43
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And the simplest way to interpret that is, shadow = khaibit khaibit = clone so shadow = clone and "The Shadow of the Torturer" = "The Clone of the Torturer" Take it away, boys…
03 Aug 2013, 00:41
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True, but the terminology is well enough known: To the Ancient Egyptian there is more to human beings than body and soul. They have (1) the khat (the physical body), (2) the saku …
02 Aug 2013, 19:24
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This makes me wonder what happens to khaibits when their originals die. What happened to Thecla's when she died---was she freed in some way? (a rhetorical question, really)…
01 Aug 2013, 19:25
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01 Aug 2013, 12:10
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i see. I guess I was thinking that Urth machines would be cruder than Yesodi machines. But this makes more sense, and that they would "read" minds as well. Katherine could well c…
01 Aug 2013, 02:10
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Trite as it may be, that idea lies behind the "obsession" with cloning and explains why the Ascians and megatherians are not as repugnant to the Yesodis as one would expect. One …
31 Jul 2013, 23:30
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You mean that are capable pf projecting NEW eidolons? That's what I meant. Katherine is not exactly likely to be "new"---she's part of an ancient ritual. But if the machines can …
31 Jul 2013, 23:22
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Severian's real-time mother and the projection machine are separated by chiliads at least. I guess the unanswerable question is whether the machine can be used to project new ei…
31 Jul 2013, 22:18
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31 Jul 2013, 20:05
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31 Jul 2013, 14:03
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So did K get hooked? We want to know. couple days ago. We smoked by candlelight, with spacy music playing, and seemed to enjoy some psychic effects. But the jury's still out.) As …
30 Jul 2013, 19:14
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And those differences are if anything made even more clear among the gods of the /Whorl./…
30 Jul 2013, 11:53
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Well, there's that. ;)…
26 Jul 2013, 19:54
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I think Delany is concerned with, among other things, words and language and symbols as a form of power. Neveryona and some other novels are preoccupied with this idea (and sex).…
26 Jul 2013, 19:44
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I assume the connection would be that memories traditionally considered to be stored on the brain were in this case stored elsewhere in the body. That seems to be a key Wolfean c…
14 Jul 2013, 05:29
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Rose has Alzheimer's? That's awful. From everything I have heard, it's like death without a funeral. I'm glad he's still having fun with writing.…
26 Jun 2013, 17:16
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Yes, and sex-to-love has plain implications in terms of personal as well as cultural maturity, not to mention closeness-to-God.…
19 Jun 2013, 23:02
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You might have something there. Yes, it would be---but it's perfect.…
06 Jun 2013, 17:53
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Could Skip be an Eastasia spy? A Manchurian Candidate?…
06 Jun 2013, 17:05
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It seems to be a future mired in mediocrity, that's for sure.…
06 Jun 2013, 02:56
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This is a perceptive summary of a plot that did not seem so plain on first reading: . . . The important thing here is that Chelle is at risk and Skip morphs into an adventure her…
05 Jun 2013, 17:53
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Well, it IS dark down there. You won't be bringing home any snapshots of sunsets. But you're right---a voyage to either place would be a claustrophobic nightmare for many people,…
10 May 2013, 13:27
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If so, I smell an homage to /Scanners Live in Vain./…
10 May 2013, 00:48
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Good point. Not quite the same as systematic murder, but I don't want to be guilty of underestimating Wolfe's capacity for depicting evil. He does bring up those bones fairly qui…
08 May 2013, 22:03
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08 May 2013, 14:10
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You mean some kind of farseeing or scrying? That's possible. "Hairless and crippled" is not much to go on.…
07 May 2013, 20:56
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hah!…
07 May 2013, 12:56
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Female chicks are typically yellowy-white; males more brown. (If we're talking about chickens.) But who knows what color Wolfe thought it would mean to his readers. Presumably no…
07 May 2013, 02:50
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Me, too. But they plainly are engaged in research into something biological, and they're not the Bear Tower.…
06 May 2013, 23:24
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I agree. Learning to do it on an industrial scale is a different matter, but in the 1980s cloning was always seen as inevitable, just like tiny digital computers with massive sto…
06 May 2013, 14:20
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Who knows how much Inire has to do with the seraglio and the women held there, but if he does, there's a parallel to Doctor Crane, who presumably would have used a vaginal specul…
04 May 2013, 12:53
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Whew! That's better. Wolfe's answer is accurate, then---Inire's appearances ARE like the cat in the box: he's both there and not there. It's interesting that he doesn't seem to …
02 May 2013, 14:33
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I absolutely agree. The Hierodules merely manage the iterations---they don't direct them. It's time/history/chance/evolution that "directs" them to the extent they are directed a…
02 May 2013, 12:16
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Schrodinger's vizier? Now I'll have to lie awake considering the ramifications of Father Inire's potential nonexistence . . .…
02 May 2013, 03:26
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Not if it's tucked over/behind the ears.…
01 May 2013, 23:34
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It could be a ribbon.…
01 May 2013, 21:41
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I find those points difficult to argue with. I also had not considered the misericorde-Pelerine connection---it seems strong. It reminds me that one of the things that makes BNS …
01 May 2013, 15:45
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Has anyone ever seen him tie a knot or operate machinery?…
01 May 2013, 14:14
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More important, WHAT IS BEHIND THAT MASK?…
30 Apr 2013, 19:24
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22 Apr 2013, 19:50
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Silk is the most unjerky, I agree---although he THINKS he's been a jerk. Which may be more to the point. And yeah, Latro comes off pretty well for practically being a barbarian. B…
22 Apr 2013, 16:03
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22 Apr 2013, 14:59
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High Middle Ages society was famously characterized not only by its three classes---peasants, lords, church---but also by the way the second two became completely intertwined, wi…
22 Apr 2013, 13:38
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I defy anyone to identify a Wolfe character who is NOT a jerk. Everything else---the sympathy, the portrayal, the level of honesty---but they're practically all jerks.…
22 Apr 2013, 13:03
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I didn't know that myth. Yes, it gives the term added meaning. The fact that a Korean ship crashlanded is interesting. And we know the crew's names but no one thinks they look fu…
22 Apr 2013, 13:02
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Also, Appian turns out to be something of a false autarch, in that he failed the Test and thus was shown to not be the ruler of himself.…
22 Apr 2013, 12:55
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I was prepared to disagree that the exultants are from beyond Urth but then recalled the term "autochthon." I always took that as a fancy word for "native" but it could just as w…
19 Apr 2013, 20:15
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