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This reminds me of a joke: Why did the engineer read a book of fiction? :D…
09 Nov 2011, 18:48
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Of course, but the question was for Gerry.…
09 Nov 2011, 18:46
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So, two cities by a river could be made of stone with clustered rocket landers as towers? That's clearly possible, but which cities would those be?…
09 Nov 2011, 18:32
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Why would a white Lune be Green?…
07 Nov 2011, 12:13
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My first thought in response is that it is a common fairy tale happening for the Fool to encounter and free a prisoner who turns out to be a king of sorts, or a prince. The green…
06 Nov 2011, 23:20
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But that's Latin or Greek. Not allowed.…
06 Nov 2011, 22:18
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Then where did Blue go?…
06 Nov 2011, 18:55
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I beg forgetfulness. "Yesodis" is more than adequate, if I can remember it.…
06 Nov 2011, 18:42
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Sard: "A clear or translucent, deep orange-red to brownish-red variety of chalcedony. Also called sardius. [Middle English sarde, from Old French, from Latin sarda...." Also app…
06 Nov 2011, 13:38
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But how cryptic is it really? That's my point. You argue that Wolfe plays word games, but not this time. How is Lemur/Potto/etc. a different game? I can only disagree. Anyone wh…
05 Nov 2011, 15:36
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I thought the reason was that they were readily seen, known, and agreed upon. Not mentioning doesn't mean not noticing.…
05 Nov 2011, 15:22
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All this seems perfectly true. However: (1) You're right that no knowledge of obscure fauns is "needed." Full understanding of exactly how Wolfe composes and constructs his stori…
05 Nov 2011, 12:01
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They are CRTs, I would think. Thus the gray static.…
04 Nov 2011, 21:03
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Interesting. Well, that too, I'm sure.…
04 Nov 2011, 20:57
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I'm rereading Long Lake, and in Exodus Remora informs Mint that child sacrifice used to be practiced in manteions in the Whorl. So this is plainly a concern of Wolfe's, just as i…
04 Nov 2011, 20:54
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I have no doubt about that interpretation at all. But what does it mean? What does it do?…
04 Nov 2011, 19:30
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So what does that "explain" exactly? If the screens turned blue, would Wolfe then have used "Blue Silk"? (Perhaps a reference to the Blue Screen of Death, indicating that Silk is…
04 Nov 2011, 19:28
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Well, that certainly explicates Wolfe's willingness to invert fatherhood in the case of Tartarus. Nice.…
04 Nov 2011, 14:31
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No, the Silk-Pike clone brother theory. Absolutely. Yes, exactly. And so we interpret our science-based world much as the Greeks did---as human beings will and must.…
04 Nov 2011, 14:27
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The spy Titi, yes. It is made quite clear. I don;t think it's atmosphere, though---I think Wolfe wants to include homosexuals etc. as imperfect human beings trying to be better w…
04 Nov 2011, 14:25
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I agree with this of course, but am not sure about the statements of what is not. What "secret cosmology" has been proposed? I don't think even Lee thinks Wolfe is secretly gnost…
04 Nov 2011, 14:09
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I suspect this as well, based on others' theories that have opened my eyes. I think however that the tree will always remain as obscure as the family tree of any god/gods. Gods s…
04 Nov 2011, 00:34
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If I understand the theory, the idea is simply that Wolfe deliberately highlights the meaning and usage of "son" in Silk's thoughts regarding Blood, spending 2 pages on it, to wa…
03 Nov 2011, 22:27
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JAMES should? Never mind---I don't follow it anyway. If you guys have an old argument to revive, well ... you know.…
03 Nov 2011, 22:13
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No---I could be thinking of My Hat.…
03 Nov 2011, 21:37
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And let's not forget An Evil Guest. I recall one or two that were at least planned.…
03 Nov 2011, 21:16
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Yes, bring it on, James! Disregard the almost imperceptible sound of the sharpening of knives. :D…
03 Nov 2011, 14:13
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I think we're dealing with a problem of level of detail on huge scales that make us uncomfortable (recall GW's comment about distances to Lune). Sev's information is truthfully n…
03 Nov 2011, 14:10
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That's it---thanks! But it sounds to me exactly like a mirror image of South America. The Andes are not all in Chile and Peru. There is a mountaintop in northern Argentina where…
02 Nov 2011, 23:35
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No, but it's been quoted here---from an interview, I think. It does ... but it would work as well (or better) for 20,000 as for 20-200 million. I always felt the two stories did…
02 Nov 2011, 23:27
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I'm inclined to this too, but why would Silk have visions of a man with no extraordinary link to the Outsider? Clearly this Jesus was at least an "aspect" or "host" of the Outsid…
02 Nov 2011, 22:03
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Why do you think it was "temple" and not "church"?…
02 Nov 2011, 21:00
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http://www.marriedtothesea.com/index.php?date=110211…
02 Nov 2011, 19:32
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Well, that is intriguing. I don't see Urth as being particularly Ozzy in inspiration, but there it is---a precedent.…
02 Nov 2011, 16:57
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Absolutely. Still, we ought to be able to answer the question: Are the mountains in the east?…
02 Nov 2011, 16:55
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Maybe. But that approach involves inventing new mechanisms, which are generally to be avoided. Interesting thought, though.…
02 Nov 2011, 16:52
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Of course. But what does that distinction impact, exactly? We know that old cultures were revived after the computer age, and with them our old languages. These could not have an…
02 Nov 2011, 16:18
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Some excellent observations!…
02 Nov 2011, 15:01
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Except that (a) it's not going to be THAT similar, if the Andes are indeed in the east and (b) Wolfe said it's in the "past," whatever that might exactly mean. Yes, that's why I…
02 Nov 2011, 14:07
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Definitely. It's easier to imagine Earth split like an orange and peeled back over either pole so that the continents and their movements are all reversed from the beginning, tha…
01 Nov 2011, 14:04
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Hi Jane I was probably thinking of both King Jesus (although I have never actually read it) and the Fisher King, yeah.…
29 Oct 2011, 20:44
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Details, details. You're right, it was someone else.…
29 Oct 2011, 17:18
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And Jesus was stabbed in the thigh. Don't forget that one! The provenance of this trope is ancient. As I recall, it has to do with the sacred status of a king and his ability to …
29 Oct 2011, 14:23
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It strikes me that a large part of the number's "significance" is that it is a sign of "our" era and of computer-generated IDs.…
28 Oct 2011, 17:40
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Ha! How funny (and sad) that to have an American persona means to be unskeptical. And yet, we are often so close-minded as well. The combination is incredibly destructive, and w…
28 Oct 2011, 16:07
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In some ways. If we are to think of Inire as chained to Urth, yes. But he has no formal or judging powers whatsoever---unlike the Autarch. Hethor is fallen from the stars in a mo…
27 Oct 2011, 16:52
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excellent! If you think of the Long Sun naming conventions, the plant would suggest a female person. Since (a) those conventions can't apply because the reader doesn't know them…
27 Oct 2011, 16:24
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Absolutely---I think the reference is simply meant to be suggestive. Now what do you know about primroses?!?!? :D…
27 Oct 2011, 15:52
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He does sound like an Archon of sorts, more gnostic than satanic. The Astras seem to be angels with legalistic powers limited to the earthly sphere and linked with stars. Naming…
27 Oct 2011, 15:51
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I agree. OTOH, none of those characters are said to choose their own names. OTOH yet again, the translator really chose everyone's name, on what basis it's not clear. But the rul…
27 Oct 2011, 13:43
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