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One of the reasons I read Gene Wolfe is for the great lines. Here then are some to roll off your tongue. Again. THE QUOTABLE SHORT SUN page.paragraph (- indicates from the bottom)…
15 Jun 2001, 04:38
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Dan Rabin, Thanks for taking the time to check the Proper Names list. I will amend my notes. I have another correction to post: "Molybdenum" is on the list. It has been omitted…
24 Nov 1999, 08:08
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Here is some information that I hope will be useful. Please feel free to post corrections and additions. UNLISTED PROPER NAMES IN THE TEXT OF ON BLUE'S WATERS NAME / DESCRIPTIO…
19 Nov 1999, 14:13
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I had an empathic reaction when I read this post. I bought THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER beacuse the guy on the cover looked cool with his mask and executioner's sword. Reading it was…
27 Oct 1999, 17:04
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Cliff Drane, I can recommend the three SHADOW comics. The artwork is the best at representing the feel of the book; better than any of the book covers I have seen. And the Maitz …
01 Apr 1999, 09:12
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Spooky mantis, good work on cim. Since you're lying down I couldn't help notice reference to "Severin" from Von Sacher Mashoch's VENUS IN FURS. I know you are not a proponent of …
06 Nov 1997, 09:08
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Scott, I wanted a leather bound copy of THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN so bad that I had all four books bound together in one volume. A local bindery, Rahm Book Binding of Colorado Spri…
23 Oct 1997, 12:46
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Jason, Congratulations on meeting Mr. Wolfe. I would like to meet him someday too. Does anyone have information about his future itinerary? Who published the leather-bound copy …
22 Oct 1997, 08:10
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Tercel, Your comment on Oreb's attack on Tick revives the issue of just how much of Horn's THE BOOK OF SILK depicts actual events, and how much is mere fabrication. You are corre…
05 Apr 1997, 10:33
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******* ******* SPOILER ALERT ******* ********** ******* Information concerning THERE ARE DOORS follows ********** I, too, am a fan of THERE ARE DO…
11 Mar 1997, 09:11
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Ranjit Bhatnagar and vizcacha have submitted names of cities. After a more thorough search I am able to offer a more complete list: Viron Ur Vol. II, Ch. 6, P. 171.4 (Hardback) U…
07 Mar 1997, 08:52
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Lupine devotees unite! I remember reading THE FIFTH HEAD OF CERBERUS and liking the mood but feeling clueless. Upon rereading (after NEW SUN) it came to life. I realized Wolfe wa…
15 Feb 1997, 12:22
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This is a revision of my previous posting. I had to correct some glaring errors from the first release. Changes are in [brackets]. * * * Ever since I learned that Horn penned …
07 Feb 1997, 09:32
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I like the convention started by Michael Driussi of using Vironese names. Call me "Talon". * * * Ever since I learned that Horn penned the "Book of Silk" I have been on the l…
04 Feb 1997, 09:26
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An interesting connection from the short story "The Cat": Odilo, the son of Odilo the Steward in NEW SUN, holds the title of "Prolocutor", which is held by our friend Quetzal in LO…
03 Feb 1997, 11:42
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Dave writes: Dave, I like your diagram it does seem to allow for the void-cross, and it is a nice plus-sign shape. I can find two things to take exception. One: The disconnec…
21 Jan 1997, 15:17
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Dave, More on Teasel: LAKE page 62.5 Silk mentions about her bite by some sort of bat, according to Dr.Crane, "but she herself said it was an old man with wings". Shades of Bel…
17 Jan 1997, 09:40
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Jack (revjack), Yes you remember correctly. The passage mentioning Teasel's affliction is in NIGHTSIDE pages 219 & 233. Silk observes that she looks pale and has two puncture mar…
16 Jan 1997, 05:44
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CANT Lexicon - first installment for NIGHTSIDE THE LONG SUN. 1/8/97 Gene Wolfe has created a convincing culture in THE BOOK OF THE LONG SUN. The judicious use of street slang am…
08 Jan 1997, 10:29
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Whorl Wolfe's; What is the Void Cross that Silk wears? Silk refers to it as a gammadion. Some have said that it is a swastika but this does not quite fit the descriptions: NIGHTS…
16 Dec 1996, 13:20
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