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Me--no. But maybe due to the volume? But it could be Yahoo. I've had the opposite happen in my Yahoo A/C. The past two days the stuff that is very obviously spam is ending up in m…
11 Aug 2010, 15:37
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Is there some reason that the same (as far as I can tell) message threads are getting split again and again--same subject line, but gmail splits them. Makes the list "noisier look…
09 Aug 2010, 16:34
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Now I can hope for the discovery of "The Jet Black Shore", the 22nd Aubrey-Maturin novel by Patrick O'Brian...…
24 May 2010, 18:01
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Mark Twain has returned from the afterlife to do his memoirs? Cool!…
24 May 2010, 17:40
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It's either Monday or there is a full moon out...…
24 May 2010, 16:36
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Doing a re-read as well, but have not gotten as far as you. Only reading a chapter a night, and if it has been a bad day or the joints are aching too much, I may not get through a …
05 May 2010, 16:06
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Maybe we need to search the text for Sluggy Freelance references! ;) http://www.sluggy.com/ http://www.sluggy.com/nvg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characters_of_Sluggy_Freelance…
20 Apr 2010, 19:15
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I was wondering that. I also got this on my previous Urth ML address (which is also active.).…
17 Apr 2010, 09:58
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With the big box stores you can sometimes luck out. If a publisher has a very firm "do not sell by" policy (for example, the "Harry Potter" books), you can't find it for love or mo…
16 Mar 2010, 19:40
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The B&N at Princeton Marketfair had several copies of "The Sorcerer's House" when I stopped in. Now they have one less than they had earlier today.…
16 Mar 2010, 18:51
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Hmmm...unsigned HC from Tor will be, say, $25.00-ish, so a signed special edition looks more attractive to me. Come on, boss-man, you've reviewed everybody else! Just because I too…
04 Feb 2010, 17:48
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Just got the e-mail myself and I'm tempted. However, neither Uncle Sam has returned my refund nor has my employer gotten around to doing my annual review...so a lot of book purchas…
04 Feb 2010, 17:21
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Apologies if this has been posted already (I'm waaaay behind on all e-mails, not just for this list): http://trashotron.com/agony/Current/Current_Commentary.html Commentary at "T…
19 Jan 2010, 15:21
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Sigh. Audible--big fat downloads. Which doesn't work for those of us still on dial-up. Dang.…
17 Jan 2010, 13:19
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Spam, eggs, bacon, eggs and SPAM!…
18 Nov 2009, 17:03
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Finally broke down and bought the 2nd edition of the "Lexicon Urthus". And a Joan Armatrading CD. For one song, but, what the hey. Now for a slow period at work so I can use my 90+…
06 Oct 2009, 15:46
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O.K., which of you has got my copy of "Peace"? Sigh, I hate when this happens...…
01 Jul 2009, 02:54
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Greetings: I had started a re-read of "New Sun", but got completely side-swiped and off track by my grandmother's decline and demise. During all the hue and cry, I did manage a r…
19 Dec 2006, 16:58
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Greetings: Huh. Even more interesting than that art was a comment further down: "For you Wolfees, you might be interested to know that we just got a new manuscript called PIRATES…
24 Nov 2006, 15:05
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Greetings: So I'm up to chapter 8 of "Shadow" when I come across an odd typo. The title of the chapter is, "The Conversationalist". However, on page 60 (Tor/Orb edition), I come…
25 Oct 2006, 14:56
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Greetings: Chapter VI of "Shadow" is my favorite chapter so far in my re-read. You get to see a bit beyond Severian's world. I also am a big fan of libraries, and this chapter als…
25 Oct 2006, 14:51
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Greetings: Huzzah, found first editions of the BotNS and Urth for a sane price. They are on their way to me. I bought the "Book" in paperback from Timescape (at the time that was …
25 Oct 2006, 14:49
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Greetings: "Wolfe has talked plenty of times about how excited he felt by The Dying Earth. The Tetralogy started as his attempt to write his own version of a Dying Earth." Are th…
22 Oct 2006, 11:57
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Greetings: Also Apollo 17: <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/20117338.jpg> Apollo 15. It's a long way back to the LM (that small dot, roughly center): <http://www.hq.nasa.gov/al…
21 Oct 2006, 13:11
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Greetings: This is the one that I was thinking of. I doesn't quite match the one described in the book. Perhaps Mr. Wolfe was thinking of one of the missions to come, using the Ar…
21 Oct 2006, 12:59
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Greetings: In re-reading the tetralogy after (mumble mumble) years, I was struck by something I did not notice when I first read them: The parallels with "The Dying Earth" by Jack…
21 Oct 2006, 09:28
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Greetings: There is an Apollo 17 shot of the flag, and astronaut and the Earth. However it is more of an upwards angle shot, and does not show the lunar horizon. I'm pretty sure …
21 Oct 2006, 09:20
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Greetings: "But maybe it's wrong of me to feel it's OK to psychoanalyse Dick because he's not around any more, when I'd be reluctant to examine Wolfe the same way ;-)" The next t…
19 Oct 2006, 23:43
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Greetings: Where does "Six from Atlantis" appear? I'll be interested to see how it compares to the Robert Silverberg tale that poked fun at "Two Gun" Bob. Fred Kiesc…
19 Oct 2006, 15:16
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Greetings: On several recent threads. Stories aren't always happy. Stories don't always tell us what we already know or feel comfortable with. So, Wolfe is just practicing his cr…
18 Oct 2006, 12:14
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Greetings: I do have his books, sometimes in as many as three formats (hardcover, trade PB, mass PB). I'd rather encourage legal purchases of eBooks and get Mr. Wolfe a few more…
08 Oct 2006, 12:09
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Greetings: I have a lot of books in electronic format. Generally, I'll own both "dead tree" and electronic formats, especially if they're published by certain authors (Baen, no sn…
04 Oct 2006, 08:14
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Greetings: I have "Urth" in the origina four-volume set from Timescape (Pocket Books, those were the days!). Is there any reason to get the new Tor/Orb omnibus editions? Text that…
03 Jul 2006, 22:33
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Greetings: "But this is a Wolfe list, not a Donaldson list..." Hear! Hear! Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks w…
14 Jun 2006, 20:37
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Greetings: I sure wish somebody would reprint it. Amazon.com lists a copy (one copy) for $250. ABEBooks.com has one copy for $225 and another for $495.00!!! Makes me wish I had b…
12 Jun 2006, 23:34
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Greetings: Not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but Gene Wolfe (I just found out, having gotten the book yesterday) wrote the introduction to "The Complete Hammer's Slammer…
16 May 2006, 21:05
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*Wince* $80.00 on Amazon! *Wince* Fred Kiesche (FPK3) My books are water; those of great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water. (Mark Twain, "Notebook") Over 6,000 …
17 Mar 2006, 21:07
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Greetings: When I read Gaiman's "Coraline" (I think that's how he spelled it), I was reminded very much of C.S. Lewis. The same with Pullman and the "Dark Materials" books. I was…
06 Dec 2004, 12:44
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