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In reading the various points of view expressed and upon having had a few weeks to digest the series I find 1. I still enjoyed the journey and the sights I was shown as I usually…
11 Apr 2001, 15:41
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Adam, the only references I have are the many you mentioned. He knows people think he looks like Silk, he knows people think he is Silk. I am just inferring that he let's himself…
05 Apr 2001, 18:36
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I've seen much discussion of the passage in which Horn says that because he [Horn] is on the whorl, then Pas is also there. I don't think it is that cryptic a passage. I think Ho…
04 Apr 2001, 07:28
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First of all let me state that I am a Christian. I was raised in the Baptist church and switched to a Charismatic church later. I've been reading but avoiding jumping in the Chri…
01 Mar 2001, 17:46
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I would argue that Wolfe has not changed his writing style or his audience at all. There are people in this group that might claim to understand all or most the nuiances in TBotNS…
20 Feb 2001, 15:52
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I agree with Adam. I believe the 3 BotSS are a beautiful progression of 1. a man in denial finally facing the truth of his death 2. a man who has lost his reason for living finall…
18 Feb 2001, 19:09
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Just chewing over some comments others have made and trying to tie them into Pas plan for conquering Blue/Green. One person commented on Mucor not being special anymore if Mora/Fa…
18 Feb 2001, 12:32
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Just some general thoughts. I thought RTW was the best conclusion to a Gene Wolfe series that I have read. Yes I had problems, the same problems I have at the end of any Wolfe s…
17 Feb 2001, 23:42
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Typhon's entry in the Encyclopedia Mythica was too interesting not to post here also. "Typhon is the offspring of Gaia and Tartarus. His mate is Echidna and both were so fearful t…
17 Feb 2001, 15:13
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I was searching for any entries on Cilinia and came up nil, but found these two for Scylla that I found interesting. Encyclopedia Mythica http://www.pantheon.org/mythica/ "1. I…
17 Feb 2001, 14:54
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Finally finished all the posts I had avoided while reading RTW. The only further question I have to add is what happened to Mucor? Maytera Marble decided to return to the Whorl t…
17 Feb 2001, 00:30
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Reminded me of the crusades and the Spanish Inquisition. Many leaders have thought they were warring on others "in the name of God." Also, reminds me of a skit on the old tv show…
16 Feb 2001, 20:33
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I'm currently at page 172 or RTTW. I saw a reference to Hyacinth and Kypris that stirred these thoughts to the surface but no spoilers for RTTW in this posting. There SPOILERS fo…
05 Feb 2001, 14:30
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Got notice yesterday (Saturday) that my copy was shipped. Can't wait! Dennis/Endy http://home.mindspring.com/~endymion9/index.htm *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's…
21 Jan 2001, 12:15
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Sorry for the HTML format on the previous post. Just got a new computer and haven't gotten all the settings in line. Hope this fixes the problem. :) Dennis/Endy http://home.mind…
27 Nov 2000, 19:24
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I would be happy with one list. I ignore advertising in emails from other mailing lists. It wouldn't bother me. I search now with the web browser find function. I find it adequ…
17 Oct 2000, 17:49
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Still progressing through IGJ for the second time and came across this passage today: p.146. Fava talks of her life back on the Whorl in Grandecitta...of having periods and getti…
23 Sep 2000, 11:43
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IGJ, in Fava's second story she implies she was born not long before Horn's leader (Horn?) walked by. If that was Fava how can she be "much older" as some have implied here when e…
21 Sep 2000, 19:32
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First to Robert and alga, I can see that the Neighbor didn't want Horn to be so overwhelmed with grief and duty that he would spend his time burying the dead instead of clearing th…
10 Sep 2000, 15:52
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p.37 When Fava asks Incanto to play the game he says not if it involved certain physical activities. Fava responds "Oh, I can't run." p.45 Mora's Story (The GIant's Daughter). …
09 Sep 2000, 17:55
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Robert Borski presented: Robert. Glad you enjoyed the quote. I found it a particularly interesting one also. I agree for all the reasons you mentioned. I do believe that The M…
05 Sep 2000, 20:10
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p.224 Horn dreams "wrapping a slimy tentacle around my neck, he having become Scylla." Oreb. In Oreb's voice she demanded I take her to the Blue mainframe. Is there a Blue mainf…
04 Sep 2000, 17:19
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In an earlier post I asked why Horn never made an astral journey to visit Nettle. I obviously had forgotten this passage from OBW. p.203 Once, as I lay there at the bottom of the…
04 Sep 2000, 12:05
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I'm about 1/4th way through OBW looking for clues to why Sinew and Horn hate each other, as well as investigating the possibility that Sinew is an inhumi (as I laid out in more det…
01 Sep 2000, 17:47
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Just reread this passage in OBW p.377 "Someone on shore called again for Babbie, and I understood that he meant me; it never so much occurred to me then that I had sometimes been …
31 Aug 2000, 18:43
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I keep struggling with Sinew and Horn's relationship in my mind and unfortunately I only come up with questions and not answers. Reviewing what I think I know: -Sinew was the vic…
20 Aug 2000, 15:00
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I was searching for the IGJ review that other's have relayed some of the details here, and instead found the OBW review that I had not read yet. The first shock I had was what was…
17 Aug 2000, 17:10
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Horn as Inhumu. Interesting premise. Definitely shocked me. Continuing the Pros and Cons of Horn being a inhumu. Pros: He hasn't returned to Nettle although it seems to be wit…
16 Aug 2000, 18:29
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Seth Lombardi wrote: < Okay, if Typhon was Neighbor-Spawned or related it _would_ help finally < explain the whole Why The Whorl Anyway question, but Typhon was such a < seemingly…
15 Aug 2000, 20:25
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Silk's Suicide. On re-reading and reviewing mantis' comments I see where more clearly where the suicide theory comes from. On first hearing this, it seemed so out of character fo…
12 Aug 2000, 18:25
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That seemed . Also note that is says "instead of two dying men" which implies to me that Silk was already dying and was not just in deep despair contemplating suicide. I also do…
10 Aug 2000, 08:40
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One thing that stood out to be while reading IGJ is Wolfe's treatment of soldiers. I noticed it in the Long Sun books and now again in IGJ but couldn't quite put my finger on what…
07 Aug 2000, 16:09
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Just finished this tonight. Like any of the New Sun, Long Sun, Short Sun books I almost hate to finish it. It's like parting with a dear friend who's been with me the last couple…
06 Aug 2000, 21:07
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RE: The Beautiful Ones, They Always Hurt U On Sun, 26 Mar 2000 "Talarican" <exultnttalarican at mindspring.com> scribed Wonder how that legend arose anyway? They want to stay alive…
28 Mar 2000, 04:35
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What do you think of the title "Strange Travelers." I can see it being the characters in the stories or the stories themselves. My leaning is it refers to the stories themselves.…
08 Mar 2000, 16:15
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Just one simple question really. Why does Mucor seem to be the only one of her *kind*? I know she was a product of genetic manipulation gone awry, but even if it was an accident,…
10 Feb 2000, 17:50
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So if all the stories tie together into one big message Wolfe is sending . <SPOILER SPACE> . . . . . . . . . . Would that message be that life is so hard and unpleasant that delusi…
08 Feb 2000, 04:30
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I've read a lot of the interesting posts concerning the *incest* slant, and they definitely make me think. It's interesting to look back on things like the twins hiding from that …
05 Feb 2000, 17:44
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Hi everyone, I've been lurking/reading many of the conjectures on the inhumi and thought I would jump into the discussion now. I agree with most that the inhumi intelligence begi…
03 Dec 1999, 02:30
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