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--- Recursive Loop <recursive_loop at yahoo.com> wrote: until TSR got a Well, at the risk of being labelled a nitpick, they are called halflings by the Gondorians. But it appear…
05 Jun 2007, 16:47
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--- Andy Robertson <andywrobertson at clara.co.uk> wrote: I first read That's a wonderful and beautiful illusion. I felt that way when I stumbled upon The Circus of Dr. Lao. A…
05 Jun 2007, 16:40
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I agree. It's more that we're suffering from an embarassment of riches. Increasing literacy is probably the one thing our public schools have done right. And even if the only books…
04 Jun 2007, 18:21
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Sorry, I don't buy it. The guy got his stats from google, and I can tell you that our store, which I won't name, made 4 million dollars last year, two thirds of which were from boo…
03 Jun 2007, 20:57
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--- "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net> wrote: Most people This is the second time this has come up, and it just hasn't felt quite right. I couldn't figure out why, so I've b…
02 Jun 2007, 16:50
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I like to remain optimistic and think that a great writer can find a market in any period. Were Wolfe writing right (oh yeah) now as a young man he would produce something entirely…
01 Jun 2007, 17:14
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from http://www.sffworld.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-15809-p-2.html : quote January 20th, 2007, 06:25 AM BTW Gollancz, who recently did a one-volume edition in hardcover and …
27 Apr 2007, 05:27
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iirc I think Wolfe may have said something along these lines somewhere, that it's a mistake to think ancient people were less sophisticated than their modern counterparts. Don T…
19 Apr 2007, 18:24
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--- Alan Lewis <alanarc1 at optonline.net> wrote: I'd be Ok. Latro is a god as man, neither wholly human nor wholly divine, as he is posessed by Ares in Soldier of Arete. He als…
18 Apr 2007, 02:32
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Except that an argument can be made that Able is the Christ figure. Or Severian. Or Silk. Or Latro. That at least gives it an overtly Christian template. Tolkien's world doesn't p…
17 Apr 2007, 18:35
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Ok, so assuming this, is it a liability to the text as Tolkien said Christianity was to Arthurian legend? Don…
17 Apr 2007, 17:48
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Tolkien was a traditionalist. He had very set rules for what he was doing, especially with his background material. He didn't create these boundaries, others have simply limited th…
17 Apr 2007, 07:52
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Hi everyone, This little argument is great and everything, but It wasn't my intention to denigrate the fantasy genre, only to say that Tolkien is apart from it; but it wasn't even…
17 Apr 2007, 01:04
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--- Batrinque at aol.com wrote: And He signed my advance copy when he was at our store recently. He's a nice guy and a great writer, but a bit of a boring speaker. fwiw Don…
16 Apr 2007, 19:40
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Thanks Dan'l! This is more or less exactly what I meant, especially regarding the Children of Hurin, and the tales in the Silmarillion. They are written in the tradition of myth an…
16 Apr 2007, 19:35
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I work in a bookstore that lets us check out books. We got ours yesterday but can't sell them till tuesday. Low pay, many perks. I'm at work now, but I'll say it was totally worth …
14 Apr 2007, 23:50
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Well everyone, it's been a fun few days discussing everything but Wolfe, but I'm afraid I have to be on my way. Y'see I just got my hands on a copy of The Children of Hurin and I…
14 Apr 2007, 02:38
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After I sent that letter, it occured to me that all fiction by nature is theistic, since the writer is nothing if not God over the page. Perhaps even polytheistic if there are edi…
13 Apr 2007, 18:46
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Ah. Thank you, Josh. That's a nasty curse in any culture. I was under the impression that happiness was inconsequential to both philosophies. Rather they teach one to endure such …
13 Apr 2007, 18:42
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This makes me think of the Chinese curse: "May you live in interesting times." Oh, I don't know. I have a lot of affinity for Christianity as my cultural base. It's as good a reli…
13 Apr 2007, 17:22
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What can I say? That's actually one of my favorite lines in the movie. That, and Nazi Doogie Howser reading the brain bug's mind and saying "He's afraid!" Love it or hate it, every…
13 Apr 2007, 02:01
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Lived through Dresden. Buried countless bodies. Was a charitable enough spirit that he probably wouldn't be offended by your comments.…
13 Apr 2007, 01:09
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I love Krull, too. So take my opinion for what it's worth. ; )…
12 Apr 2007, 22:33
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I never claimed subtlety. It's actually more like a punch to the head. It's a comedy where the joke's on the audience, really. And anytime this movie is brought up on any list, th…
12 Apr 2007, 22:26
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And a tip of the hat to you, good sir! I just want to add that the best way to appreciate the full and nasty irony of the movie is to see it in a packed theater where nearly all o…
12 Apr 2007, 19:42
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Ahh, Starship Troopers. I hated that book so much that it colored my view of the rest of Heinlein's work. (Friday is the only novel I truly enjoyed. Heinlein's portrayal of Califor…
12 Apr 2007, 18:29
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Alan Lewis <alanarc1 at optonline.net> wrote: One vote of respectful disagreement for all of the above. As far as I can tell, there is no required reading to make sense of Soldie…
01 Dec 2006, 21:06
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The Illiad, Odyssey, Herodotus' histories, a good general history of Rome that covers the etruscans and the early Rebublic, a good book on Greek mythology (I like Graves' Greek Myt…
30 Nov 2006, 22:49
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Fred Kiesche <godel2escher2bach at yahoo.com> wrote: Greetings: Huzzah, found first editions of the BotNS and Urth for a sane price. They are on their way to me. I bought the "Bo…
25 Oct 2006, 19:58
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But not one iota as disturbing as the true acts of violence against women perpetuated daily in the world. Heck man, two women were killed by abusive spouses/boyfriends within a yea…
19 Oct 2006, 07:03
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Transentient <transentient at gmail.com> wrote: I also read this last month because it was mentioned on this list. I really thought it was excellent. What I don't understand, t…
01 Oct 2006, 14:32
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I'm a little less than halfway through it (It's a quick read) so I'll reserve final judgement, but it's pretty f'd up. I mean that as a compliment, though. Humanity is winding down…
01 Oct 2006, 04:01
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Dave Lebling <dlebling at hyraxes.com> wrote: They're actually a pretty decent adaptation, not Conanish at all. I have read (and own) the first two, which take the story up to the…
23 Sep 2006, 20:54
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This assumes that Severian is a reliable narrator, but there have been serious signs that his identity is severely (no pun intended) compromised. I don't believe he knows which mem…
24 Aug 2006, 06:19
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Even if b sharp is correct in his interpretation, Ymar is a more likely candidate for the shared memory than Thecla, as his childhood is definitively established in the citadel.…
24 Aug 2006, 01:42
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It's worth mentioning that this sort of synchronicity doesn't happen nearly as much in the Long Sun books, which are third person, twice as long, and more - what's the word?- picto…
20 Aug 2006, 05:15
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An even simpler explanation is that the narrative is written in the first person - It is essentially a fictional memoir. In "real life" Sev surely meets plenty of shmoes not worth …
20 Aug 2006, 05:05
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Argh! (Stamps feet in frustration) This is why I don't watch television shows. But you have me, the hook is firmly in my mouth. : ) For now Well, I for one am intrigued by thi…
14 Aug 2006, 02:07
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Hi all, Sorry about the last post. I hit send instead of delete. Ah well, here's what I meant to send --- b sharp <bsharporflat at hotmail.com> wrote: Ah well, they say all T…
08 Aug 2006, 06:45
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--- b sharp <bsharporflat at hotmail.com> wrote: Ah well, they say all === message truncated ===…
08 Aug 2006, 06:13
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--- maru dubshinki <marudubshinki at gmail.com> wrote: [regarding Blood Meridian] I have to admit I haven't read Bloom's criticism. The book was recommended to me by a couple of…
03 Aug 2006, 17:40
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Hi all, I've just finished reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy and I wish to express that it is one of the finest modern novels I have ever read, neck and neck w/ BotNS and …
01 Aug 2006, 05:47
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This is indeed what my copy is like though the interior (minus a few typos) seems finished. The chapter heads are illustrated like the Wizard Knight. It's as good as the other two,…
25 Jul 2006, 23:51
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--- thalassocrat at nym.hush.com wrote: For an orthodox Perhaps that is what Inire meant in his letter to Sev. about convincing his cousins (other hierodules) to support them in…
22 Jul 2006, 17:26
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--- "Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net> wrote: (regarding Typhon's family) At This isn't quite true since, as the gods of mainframe on the Whorl, they helped to shape Silk an…
10 Jul 2006, 03:14
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He returned to Springfield and the Quickie Mart of course. . . Sorry, but I absolutely could not resist that. Don…
08 Jul 2006, 07:29
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One is Severian's analog (Ymar, imo) or Sev himself, the other his twin sister (probably Merryn, possibly Valeria) though I feel strongly that the sex of Sev's twin is variable. Th…
04 Jul 2006, 18:27
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Hi everyone, Some days are good days. I have in my hot little hands an advance reading copy of Soldier of Sidon just begging me to read it. This means other than certain home …
27 Jun 2006, 20:19
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I think that's a frivolous charge at best, and a lazy one. I assume those who say this think that Wolfe's work tries to rise "above its station" as SF? Pretending to significance i…
13 Jun 2006, 19:21
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Oh, I don't know about that, some art is well deserving of hate, if for no other reason than to spur dialogue and make people think. Some artists actively court dislike for that re…
13 Jun 2006, 02:26
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