Posted from 2 addresses as Endymion9, Dennis G. Berdanis, Endy
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This seems very accurate from my experience. It shows me that Wolfe knows how *true* enlightment really affects people. 1. Silk is changed and knows he is changed. Althought ex…
30 May 2001, 15:45
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William Ansley communicated: I think you had it correct already. Or at least I saw it the same way. "Vhas a groose" I interpreted as either "Was a grouse" which Webster says is …
06 May 2001, 10:48
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I liked it. Didn't understand the last paragraph but everything else seemed fairly straight forward. At least I could figure out the phonetic dialect this time. Many times I did…
04 May 2001, 22:01
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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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My opinion I suggested in an earlier post. I think the godlings message did not change until after Horn had interfaced with the godling. I think Horn gave a report of the (sorry)…
27 Feb 2001, 15:40
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I don't see this. I see Horn lustful and enamored towards Seawrack. The only thing I know about Seawrack from the text is that 1. See was fulfilling a mission for the Mother 2. …
26 Feb 2001, 18:43
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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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William. Thanks for clearing up the Rose, Marble, Mint confusion for me. When I first was reading NotLS I was struggling to figure out what maytera vs. sybil vs. all sorts of stra…
17 Feb 2001, 09:05
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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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Dan Parmenter scribed: Dan. Thanks for filling in the rest of the song. I hadn't carried it to that progression and much enjoyed your insight. :) Dennis/Endy (Now struggling u…
08 Feb 2001, 04:38
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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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I like both covers for the reasons you described. However, I have never been ashamed of letting my friends and associates know that I greatly enjoy reading scifi, watching Dr. Who…
06 Dec 2000, 04:26
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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 hope that GW will do exactly what he thinks is the right thing to do and not be influenced by message boards. I've loved many GW books but have yet to read one written by commit…
27 Nov 2000, 16:51
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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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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, You're suggestion sounds much better than what I kept trying to make work somehow. The Latin name for Seawrack/Bladderwrack is Fucus vesiculosus. Doesn't sound hard to pr…
08 Sep 2000, 20:39
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Dan Schmidt pondered: I found several commentaries of this section of ULYSSES that labeled the terms "seaspawn and seawrack" as the life cycle. With seaspawn equating to life/bir…
06 Sep 2000, 18:42
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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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Ian I have to agree with you. I am abandoning my theory that Sinew and Krait might be the same. I'm still sure we don't know the entire story behind their duality but it is not t…
03 Sep 2000, 13:42
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ansible at cix.co.uk (David Langford) scribbed: Further evidence of no Blue breeding. OBW p.126 "Would it be effective for us to dig up one of the recent inhumations and release hi…
03 Sep 2000, 01:16
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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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John Roberson detailed: Besides the fact that even if the inhumi felt a *human* compulsion as reverted back to beast status, once they regained beast status they would forget the …
25 Aug 2000, 12:16
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Just reread this section and have some observations and questions. Observations: The little inhuma started off it's life in an egg. Then emerged from the egg and found a swamp/po…
24 Aug 2000, 18:26
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alga was kind enough to reply: I took it as that <smile>. And thanks for the vote of confidence. However, I still think I'm better at asking questions while many of you are grea…
20 Aug 2000, 18:04
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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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alga scripted: Actually, I'm just a person who throughly enjoys reading Gene Wolfe stories. I often don't understand them. I never understand them fully. And I feel fortunate to…
19 Aug 2000, 21:02
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Kevin J. Maroney was kind enough to reply: Ah. Thanks for taking the time to clear up my misconception. But now I remember reading the 700 years ago reign of Typhon plus 300plus…
18 Aug 2000, 05:47
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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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