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In message <199909130926.CAA26878 at lists1.best.com>, Jonathan Laidlow writes: Definitely - there's generally a long delay between publication in the USA and this side of the A…
14 Sep 1999, 18:50
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In message <199908122009.NAA08988 at lists1.best.com>, John Bishop writes: The Islamic calendar is also exclusively *lunar* based with a mean year shorter than the solar year. …
28 Aug 1999, 21:15
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In message <199903310850.AAA07685 at lists1.best.com>, Tony Ellis writes: I think Croatian has a similar looking character - I don't know how it is pronounced, though. (For those …
31 Mar 1999, 20:42
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In message <199812171923.LAA05547 at lists1.best.com>, "Kevin J. Maroney" writes: Possibly some forms of suicide could also account for this.[1] (I've just had this image of Severia…
18 Dec 1998, 22:14
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In message <199812171401.GAA28091 at lists1.best.com>, David_Lebling at avid.com writ es: I'm not sure if that's a lie or just an inconsistency caused by Severian writing at different …
18 Dec 1998, 22:08
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In message <199812142101.NAA22981 at lists1.best.com>, "Kevin J. Maroney" writes: It might be - I'm afraid that I'm a bit weak on that part of history. (That was the war between the…
15 Dec 1998, 19:15
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In message <199812142243.OAA13208 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: Interesting, given that one of the stories in _Endangered Species_ is called _The Other Dead Man_.…
15 Dec 1998, 19:10
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In message <199812131953.LAA19875 at lists1.best.com>, "Kevin J. Maroney" writes: Me almost three - when it was pointed out on the list, I realised that Wolfe was up to some very sn…
14 Dec 1998, 20:20
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In message <199812071836.KAA08451 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: Just to note that Irish people aren't really that more redhaired than most other European peoples.…
14 Dec 1998, 20:05
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In message <199812050000.QAA14264 at lists1.best.com>, Alice Turner writes: Good point! Guess it shows how long it is since I've read that book! Which makes me wonder how much non…
14 Dec 1998, 19:49
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In message <199812031631.IAA29045 at lists1.best.com>, Alex David Groce writes: It certainly would be very difficult to fit it into BOTNS. I think Karl Jaspers said that someone w…
03 Dec 1998, 20:36
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In message <199812031539.HAA29562 at lists1.best.com>, Jon Camfield writes: Certainly he's aware of Nietzsche; _To the Dark Tower Came_ had Kent punning on the word "Superman" witho…
03 Dec 1998, 20:33
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In message <199811200028.QAA19377 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: Terribly pity - I'd certainly have bought it if it was available. Both as a Gene Wolfe fan and a g…
20 Nov 1998, 23:03
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In message <199811021653.IAA28654 at lists1.best.com>, Alex David Groce writes: I think Typhon had more than one motive for giving the cargo lower tech - control is the obvious one,…
04 Nov 1998, 21:10
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In message <199811011551.HAA06589 at lists1.best.com>, Alex David Groce writes: You've reminded me of a metaphor that Hofstadter used in one of his books (I forget which). Translati…
04 Nov 1998, 20:56
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In message <199810140046.RAA10914 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: The interesting parts are how experiments relate to existing knowledge, how that knowledge is cons…
14 Oct 1998, 19:25
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Note, this message contains spoilers for _Foucault's Pendulum_! Also, I'm not claiming to have a definitive argument or interpretation of _FP_ or even just a consistent one, I'm ju…
07 Sep 1998, 18:40
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In message <199809021728.KAA20095 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: I think Philip K. Dick wrote a novel based on that idea; I think it was called _Counter-clockwise …
03 Sep 1998, 17:14
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In message <199808252038.NAA10702 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: I think that _Foucault's Pendulum_ deals with matters of interpretation and over-interpretation. A…
26 Aug 1998, 15:55
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In message <199808201631.JAA25195 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: In other words, there's a lot of Coyote in Wolfe? ;-) Derek…
25 Aug 1998, 17:42
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In message <199808201015.DAA24004 at lists1.best.com>, Jack Lyons writes: Derridadaism, anyone? ;-) Derek…
20 Aug 1998, 17:04
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In message <199807180352.UAA19972 at lists1.best.com>, "William H. Ansley" writes: I think it's in the short story _Feather Tigers_, IIRC. It occurs in the dialog between the main p…
18 Jul 1998, 18:22
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In message <199807061408.HAA06316 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.geis.com wr ites: Ah, but were they raised Catholic or did they convert, like Gene? :-) Derek…
06 Jul 1998, 19:59
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In message <199806242019.NAA25047 at lists1.best.com>, Michael Straight writes: It's about a guy who wakes up in a house, meets a woman who is his wife, glances through the manuals …
24 Jun 1998, 22:05
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You are Number Six... Ooops! Wrong topic!!! ;-) Derek…
02 Jun 1998, 19:39
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In message <199804261339.GAA16194 at lists1.best.com>, Alice Turner writes: Come to think of it, the people with Korsakov's Syndrome reminded me of Latro, but that is another silly …
29 Apr 1998, 20:27
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In message <199804221644.JAA02069 at lists1.best.com>, Dan Parmenter writes: I think the subject of A.R. Lurias' _Mind of a Mnemonist_ had a simliar experience, though the example g…
25 Apr 1998, 17:07
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In message <199710092129.OAA10832 at lists1.best.com>, Nutria writes: It struck me that Wolfe had infantile paralysis, otherwise known as poliomyelitis. I think one common symptom i…
10 Oct 1997, 16:36
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In message <199709261528.IAA04849 at lists1.best.com>, Tony Ellis writes: Same here. I don't think you're making a fool of yourself at all; I think Wolfe said somewhere that some …
26 Sep 1997, 18:37
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In message <199709161849.LAA13496 at lists1.best.com>, Alice Turner writes: I think I remember one scene sparked off a memory and I realised that Latro was fighting Ulysses in hand …
16 Sep 1997, 19:33
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In message <199709161758.KAA19862 at lists1.best.com>, Michael Straight writes: Um, yes - Athena. She was the patron goddess of Athens as well as their goddess of war and wisdom. Th…
16 Sep 1997, 19:31
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In message <199707011247.FAA00431 at lists1.best.com>, RRHMAH at aol.com writes: As an aside, I think Tolkien used the Kalevala as the basis for the tale of Turam Turambar(?) in the Si…
01 Jul 1997, 19:13
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Strong language ahead! One cant term that's intruiged me is "shaggy". Apart from meaning matted, in Ireland it's slang that's means something akin to "fuck". I'm not sure how…
01 Jul 1997, 18:55
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In message <199706261856.LAA25244 at lists1.best.com>, Kieran Mullen writes: Maybe I'm stretching the comparison too far, but could Silk have a brother high up in the Chapter - anal…
27 Jun 1997, 18:25
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In message <199706140018.RAA11640 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: Excellent! That's something that eluded me though I read those stories myself! I think that the co…
17 Jun 1997, 19:16
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In message <199706101304.GAA08404 at lists1.best.com>, Michael Straight writes: Even if it were a ship's engine firing, it could be to change the orbit slightly. (I include retro-ro…
11 Jun 1997, 14:56
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In message <199705182204.PAA13202 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: I'd assumed it was that vessel too - the stars that are wrong for the season are wrong because the…
19 May 1997, 18:05
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In message <199705122048.NAA11050 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: Ok - in the scene where Silk first meets Kypris, what is the "beam" that she says has not yet been…
15 May 1997, 20:20
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In message <199704181518.IAA02032 at lists1.best.com>, David_Lebling at avid.com writ es: According to the WWWebster dictionary, it could be one of several units from 2.4 to 4.6 statut…
20 Apr 1997, 13:47
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In message <199704082116.OAA23830 at lists1.best.com>, Alice Turner writes: I agree entirely, alga. (I've forgotten what BVM is, though.) Wolfe is rarely, if ever, careless. There…
10 Apr 1997, 20:23
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In message <199704040643.WAA08675 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: I agree - the Moses who led the Israelites saw the promised land, but didn't reach it. Silk sees t…
04 Apr 1997, 14:46
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In message <199703161940.LAA15782 at lists1.best.com>, Patera Jack writes: Urk - I wasn't clear enough in what I said - I meant it as a metaphorical similarity. I agree that the Com…
17 Mar 1997, 18:42
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In message <199703150509.VAA08876 at lists1.best.com>, m.driussi at genie.com writes: Really, I didn't know that the Playboy Mansion was near Chicago! Come to think of it, it makes it …
16 Mar 1997, 15:34
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In message <199703152101.NAA12180 at lists1.best.com>, Alice Turner writes: I agree - there's a resemblance between both Nessus and Alexandria. Nessus has a large library and is the…
16 Mar 1997, 15:02
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In message <199702281831.KAA03552 at lists1.best.com>, Ranjit Bhatnagar writes: Hmmm... Excellent point - both also appeared to be of higher rank than a particular patient, but turn…
28 Feb 1997, 22:08
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In message <199702211638.IAA16271 at lists1.best.com>, "Joshua A. Solomon" writes: Yes, there is subtlety in _Long_Sun_, though probably of a different kind to the _New_Sun_. I also…
21 Feb 1997, 20:07
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In message <199701232225.OAA02246 at lists1.best.com>, Jim Jordan writes: The whorl could be interpreted as a metaphor for life, with Green & Blue as a metaphor for the afterlife. (…
25 Jan 1997, 19:06
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In message <199701221842.KAA12107 at lists1.best.com>, Ranjit Bhatnagar writes: IIRC, Wolfe used languages such as Latin and Old French in the Book of the New Sun to represent langu…
23 Jan 1997, 18:04
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In message <199701210234.SAA03234 at lists1.best.com>, "Fernando Q. Gouvea" writes : I did so too, for the same reason. Maybe I read the books too quickly the first time, but the ch…
21 Jan 1997, 20:05
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In message <199701160127.RAA08736 at lists1.best.com>, "revjack at radix.net" writes: The mention of a bat-bite - vampires traditionally turn into bats; what other shape-shifting power…
16 Jan 1997, 19:20
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