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From: Lee Berman The only time it might be considered to be suggested in the text that the Shadow Children are natives is when the Old Wise One is confused. And he is confused f…
29 Mar 2012, 12:48
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From: Lee Berman As far as I remember, I stated that there seem to be no significant fairy references in the Book of the New Sun. I do not recall extending it to the other works…
28 Mar 2012, 17:39
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From: Marc Aramini Fairy-like races have been a continual thread throughout Wolfe, but the details vary. They are usually small, they are usually attuned to the natural environm…
28 Mar 2012, 11:06
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From: Marc Aramini It would be interesting if this story were actually called “The Dead Man”, because there are distinct resonances with a much later story “The Other Dead Man” (…
25 Mar 2012, 13:59
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From: Jerry Friedman Enjoyable enough albeit a bit obvious. But why does the Devil have a limp? Is there a tradition here I am unaware of? No doubt Lee will chime in to point …
24 Mar 2012, 21:53
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From: Marc Aramini I haven’t read the story in question, but I will note that two classic mystery series had detectives named, respectively, Philo Vance and Ellery Queen. I would…
24 Mar 2012, 13:56
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From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes Fine with that. - Gerry Quinn…
20 Mar 2012, 22:04
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From: Lee Berman I have never said anything of the sort. Please stop putting words in my mouth. - Gerry Quinn…
20 Mar 2012, 21:30
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From: Lee Berman The examples I picked were merely a more or less random though deliberately disparate group of fields in which it is generally agreed that we have some knowledge…
20 Mar 2012, 20:26
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From: Lee Berman What I objected to was your assertion that “this means all religions are equally valid and/or equally false.” If you meant something different from what this sa…
20 Mar 2012, 20:16
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From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes I looked at it this morning before I mentioned it a post, so it was working then. - Gerry Quinn…
20 Mar 2012, 19:28
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From: Lee Berman There is no need for me to dwell on the inanity of drawing the above conclusion about my supposed world view from my observation that some people have a better g…
20 Mar 2012, 19:26
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From: Antonin Scriabin It’s mostly about Silk. But my point was: how can there be a bad religion, if all religions are equally valid? - Gerry Quinn…
20 Mar 2012, 18:30
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From: Antonin Scriabin I should have said “analogous ways”, I suppose. (Though perhaps repeatable experiments and mathematical models could provide insight in some ways.) Actua…
20 Mar 2012, 18:17
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From: Lee Berman The same way that one group of humans could have a better grasp of science, or economics, or poker, or any other unsolved matter. To say that the unknowability …
20 Mar 2012, 17:02
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From: David Stockhoff Cats don’t require worship — just obedience. - Gerry Quinn…
20 Mar 2012, 13:39
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From: Lee Berman I would say, rather, that Wolfe takes for granted that our views of the Divine evolve, and it is part of the backdrop of the entire series. Just as the oldest st…
20 Mar 2012, 13:36
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From: Marc Aramini Interesting. the WolfeWiki seems to attempt something like this, but the notes and questions are rather sparse for a lot of stories. - Gerry Quinn…
20 Mar 2012, 13:03
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From: Lee Berman Like where you said ?To me, the painting corroborates this view. ? - Gerry Quinn But is that evidence or conjecture?…
19 Mar 2012, 20:05
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From: DAVID STOCKHOFF Typhon says to Severian: ?From your throne in Nessus you will send me tribute of fair women and boys, of the ancient devices and books, and all the good thi…
19 Mar 2012, 19:06
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At least you both probably feel better today than I do after celebrating our National Saint’s day in the traditional fashion... - Gerry Quinn From: Craig Brewer Sent: Sunday, M…
18 Mar 2012, 15:05
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From: Andrew Mason Works for me. It is as true of Severian as it is of all gods. - Gerry Quinn…
16 Mar 2012, 23:05
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From: Andrew Mason Hmm... maybe it’s just that your paraphrase that doesn’t fully convey the sense you took from the original — but I don’t get the sense that a “playful theologi…
16 Mar 2012, 22:10
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From: Lee Berman As surely? - Gerry Quinn…
16 Mar 2012, 21:09
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From: David Stockhoff I remember being cheesed off by The Last Battle. I think it was largely that the magical world and characters turned out to be cogs in the scheme of the au…
15 Mar 2012, 22:06
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From: Lee Berman It’s deleted. Some tripe about my “provocations”. It started off going all around the world but I knew it would end with me. If you call finding fault with so…
15 Mar 2012, 13:01
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From: Lee Berman I don't think that's true. Perhaps you could post my inane rant to remind me? Perhaps that's so but then it applies to all those others with whom I happen …
15 Mar 2012, 12:52
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From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes Because we know what the punishment for Urth’s wickedness was — the black hole. The White Fountain was a reward of sorts, and depended on a choice by t…
14 Mar 2012, 22:03
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From: Lee Berman He’s never described as anything other than human, albeit possibly of extra-Solar stock. The same applies to Piaton, onto whom his head is grafted. His sons, d…
14 Mar 2012, 20:43
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From: Lee Berman Of those you list, Typhon is clearly human, the others (except any random human apports) are clearly not. Perhaps you should consider re-reading the book. The …
14 Mar 2012, 17:10
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From: Ant?nio Pedro Marques Gerry Quinn wrote (13-03-2012 15:44): Not quite sure what you mean by that, but the passage describing the iterations goes as follows: ?As the flower…
13 Mar 2012, 20:10
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From: Andrew Mason What does he say, exactly? I read “La Befana” online but it had no author’s intro. [My thought was that the mistake of La Befana might be to be looking among…
13 Mar 2012, 15:44
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From: Andrew Mason I thought it might be a nod to the intro to the then recently-released “Star Wars: ?A long time ago in a galaxy far away...?. Whether it was or not, they are …
13 Mar 2012, 15:28
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From: Ant?nio Marques Now you mention it, I think I recall you reminding us of it before! - Gerry Quinn…
13 Mar 2012, 00:09
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From: Marc Aramini We shouldn’t mix up the different meanings of “past” and “future”. We know from “The Key to the Universe” that every iteration is fairly similar to the next, …
12 Mar 2012, 20:50
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From: Lee Berman Gerry Quinn: It’s reasonable. Earth was considered — at least by those colonising Mars - the past of humanity, Mars the present, hence its new name. Then …
12 Mar 2012, 20:33
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From: Lee Berman You are ignore the actual context of the references. Urth, Verthandi and Skuld are all planets of the same solar system in the same cycle, and the reasons they …
12 Mar 2012, 14:14
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From: [] Just to lay down my thoughts on these issues, mostly on the subject of religion: 1. Iterations First, iterated universes. Wolfe did indicate that he was playing with t…
12 Mar 2012, 13:19
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From: Nick Lee I didn’t refer to the cross. I referred to the *Sign* of the Cross. Prayer beads and knotted cords etc. existed before Christianity. Silk’s beads, however, have…
11 Mar 2012, 11:19
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From: Lee Berman [I restored the first sentence above. Why did you snip it?] Clear references to Jesus of Nazareth are not “quasi-Christian symbols and concepts”. And did those …
10 Mar 2012, 20:34
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From: Craig Brewer I can’t say I have ever thought that, and to be honest I don’t find it credible. The name is surely just an ironically appropriate one for the guild of Tortur…
10 Mar 2012, 16:33
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From: Ant?nio Pedro Marques Gerry Quinn wrote (08-03-2012 14:42): I’m sorry you found it offensive. I wasn’t trying to make a comparison as such, just giving an example of how o…
09 Mar 2012, 15:57
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From: Lee Berman Well, there are substantial and obvious allusions to Christian symbols and even references to Jesus Christ in Long Sun and Short Sun. So I don’t see how you can…
09 Mar 2012, 15:47
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From: Lee Berman The big problem I see with this interpretation is not the interpretation itself but that Wolfe mentions Jesus and yet seems to give no indication at all that thi…
08 Mar 2012, 14:42
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From: Lee Berman Only if we ignore the clear references to Him, e.g. Palm Sunday. Why would Wolfe have put that in, if he wanted us to think that Christ had not come? Easier to…
08 Mar 2012, 00:33
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From: Lee Berman Don’t confuse the names with the significance. The monarch named Typhon is *not* the ancient monster Typhon. Only Thyone on that list above is the same Thyone.…
06 Mar 2012, 19:21
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From: Lee Berman What does “more important” mean here? They are both there and they both have their place. It’s like asking whether spaceships are more or less important to the…
06 Mar 2012, 15:21
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From: Lee Berman That reference is clear, strong and inescapable because the whole of the name is there, and because it’s targeted at one specific person, and because it matches …
05 Mar 2012, 21:45
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From: Marc Aramini His worst cover is no doubt the limited edition Free Live Free one. UGH. Hopefully hoof and hide won't mind a link :) http://www.flickr.com…
05 Mar 2012, 19:39
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From: Fred Kiesche A couple of beautiful covers for Gene Wolfe's original "Sun" quartet at this site, starting with this page: http://www.brucepennington.co.uk/cover30.htm I u…
05 Mar 2012, 16:58
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