Index · 354 messages in 238 threads · 04 Apr 2007 – 18 Jan 2021

Gwern Branwen

Posted from 2 addresses as Gwern Branwen, gwern0

• opened "Not now, Igor!"
  https://www.reddit.com/r/printSF/comments/bdhx61/rip_gene_wolfe_19312019/ekymzc4/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25652868…
  18 Jan 2021, 17:21
• opened 2003 Wolfe interview
  "The Wolfe & Gaiman Show": Gene Wolfe/Neil Gaiman interview (September 2002, _Locus Mag_ #500): - https://www.gwern.net/docs/fiction/2002-wolfe-locusinterview.pdf / https://mega.n…
  04 Apr 2019, 19:40
• opened Allusion source: "The exultant Talarican" on Nessus?
  Wolfe has so many obscure allusions, that such a specific set of claims about urban life has always made me wonder if "Talarican" was an allusion or transformation of some actual u…
  16 Jan 2019, 02:33
• opened A 2015 D&D campaign set in Nessus
  An undergrad (mellonbread on Reddit) back in 2015 wrote a RPG campaign sourcebook letting one set adventures inside Nessus: https://www.gwern.net/docs/fiction/anonymous-nessusdnd.p…
  15 Jan 2019, 22:18
• opened 2002 interview with Gene Wolfe on Neil Gaiman
  A 2002 interview with Gene Wolfe on Neil Gaiman, at the 28th World Fantasy Convention in Minneapolis, by Joseph McCabe [from pg274-281 of _Hanging Out With The Dream King: Conversa…
  06 Jul 2018, 18:03
• opened "Sci-Fi’s Difficult Genius", Peter Bebergal
  "Sci-Fi’s Difficult Genius", Peter Bebergal http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius…
  24 Apr 2015, 15:34
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Wolfean dreams
  http://crookedtimber.org/2014/11/06/philosopher-dreams-of-saving-electric-cats/#comment-581712…
  07 Nov 2014, 23:48
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Wolfe introduction to Jay Lake anthology
  You may recall an interview with the late SF author & Urth.net poster Jay Lake (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lake) which came up recently (http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth…
  22 Sep 2014, 17:18
• opened OT: R.A. Lafferty GA links
  - http://antsofgodarequeerfish.blogspot.com/2014/08/lafferty-news-thats-right-news.html - http://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/aug/13/ra-lafferty-secret-sci-fi-genius-po…
  18 Aug 2014, 01:39
• opened Paper on 'Seven American Nights'
  http://silk4calde.blogspot.com/2014/08/upcoming-paper-gene-wolfes-seven.html…
  14 Aug 2014, 01:40
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: narrator of "The Tree Is My Hat" obit
  http://www.locusmag.com/News/2014/07/lawrence-santoro-1942-2014/ The TR interview with Wolfe seems to be pretty popular.…
  04 Aug 2014, 16:17
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Armstrong
  - long TR interview already excerpted in separate thread: http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/2014-July/054936.html - http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/headline/2014…
  28 Jul 2014, 15:24
• opened May 2014 Wolfe interview in _Technology Review_
  TR has published a lengthy interview with Gene Wolfe. It asks plenty of standard questions, but also some interesting ones about some of the short stories which have come up recent…
  28 Jul 2014, 01:56
• opened Memento Mori, Re: This Week in Google Alerts: conference, sketch
  By the way, I know how easy it is to let time slip by and never get around to doing something you always intended to do but never quite got around to. If you want to write fanmail,…
  13 Jul 2014, 18:50
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: conference, sketch
  - Via http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jenniferfitz/2014/06/should-you-be-writing-right-now-and-what-about-the-kids-and-what-about-a-conference-this-summer/ , http://www.christiannewsw…
  30 Jun 2014, 16:47
• opened Loyal to the Group of Seventeen: Star Trek's Darmok, Shaka, and the Tamarians revisited
  http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/star-trek-tng-and-the-limits-of-language-shaka-when-the-walls-fell/372107/"Shaka, When the Walls Fell: In one fascinating …
  20 Jun 2014, 21:12
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: signed _Urth of the New Sun_?
  http://subterraneanpress.com/store/product_detail/urth_of_the_new_sun_preorder…
  09 Jun 2014, 15:37
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Tolkien, obits, Auschwitz
  - on orc/wargs: http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Letter_to_Gene_Wolfe - short TSH review: http://bookishlywitty.blogspot.com/2014/05/from-tbr-shelf-sorcerers-house-by-gene.html - obi…
  02 Jun 2014, 16:54
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: plays
  http://citypaper.com/arts/stage/stage-review-em-chronotony-em-1.1677152 "Stage Review: 'Chronotony'; Connor Kizer’s play imagines all time as a single moment"…
  05 May 2014, 16:57
• opened Meta: messages being dropped into Gmail spam folder
  I've noticed over the past few weeks that Urth.net emails from Yahoo.com users (such as Marc Aramini) seem to be regularly dropping into my spam folder despite me always marking th…
  28 Apr 2014, 17:22
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: misc
  - Wolfe-related books: http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Book-Review-Nebula-Awards-Showcase-2014-5402795.php "Book Review: _Nebula Awards Showcase 2014_, Edite…
  21 Apr 2014, 17:18
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Twitter
  - https://twitter.com/jason_pontin/status/455716343997018112 @jason_pontin 10:36 AM 14 Apr 2014 : - http://pretentiouslatintitle.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/day-7-g-is-for-gene-wolfe…
  14 Apr 2014, 17:36
• opened This Wekk in Google Alerts: TLA review
  http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/ct-prj-0216-science-fiction-roundup-20140214,0,2803037.story Gary K Wolfe:…
  17 Feb 2014, 16:45
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Wolfe & Foucault
  http://opengeography.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/gene-wolfe-aphorisms/…
  27 Jan 2014, 18:46
• opened "Shadows of the New Sun: an interview with Judi Rohrig"
  http://ultan.org.uk/shadows-of-the-new-sun-an-interview-with-judi-rohrig/…
  02 Jan 2014, 16:21
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: more _Land Across_
  http://io9.com/dont-expect-to-figure-out-gene-wolfes-new-novel-the-f-1484516074 (review) http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/1591917-151/the-strange-lands-of-sci-fi-master-gene-wolfe…
  29 Dec 2013, 16:48
• opened This week in Google Alerts
  http://www.suindependent.com/news/id_5145/The-Independent-Book-Reviews.html "The Independent Book Reviews, Holiday books reviewed" http://fantasyhotlist.blogspot.com/2013/12/win-c…
  16 Dec 2013, 16:30
• opened More reviews of the _Shadows of the New Sun_ anthology
  David Brin http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2013/12/science-fiction-wonders.html: His link is to http://www.sfsite.com/11b/sn404.htm "A review by Dave Truesdale" (2400 words). I won'…
  15 Dec 2013, 18:35
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: NPR reviews _The Land Across_
  http://www.npr.org/2013/11/27/246154056/a-travel-writer-lost-in-an-undiscovered-country-in-land-across "A Travel Writer, Lost In An Undiscovered Country In 'Land Across'", Alan Che…
  02 Dec 2013, 16:32
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: reviews of _The Land Across_, _Peace_, _Shadows of the New Sun_
  http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/11/book-review-gene-wolfe-the-land-across " Gene Wolfe’s The Land Across is Lonely Planet Meets the Necronomicon", Moridcai Knode Oh man, how did I m…
  18 Nov 2013, 16:27
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: _Shadows_, _The Land Across_
  Short story-by-story review of _Shadows of the New Sun: http://www.denofgeek.us/dvd-bluray/gene-wolfe/216306/shadows-of-the-new-sun-book-review Photo of old _New Sun_ book cover: …
  28 Oct 2013, 15:36
• opened Tor review of _Shadows of the New Sun_
  http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/08/book-review-shadows-of-the-new-sun-gene-wolfe "Apollo in the Labyrinth: _Shadows of the New Sun_"…
  23 Sep 2013, 14:59
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: rare Wolfe editions and covers
  http://silk4calde.blogspot.com/2013/09/gene-wolfe-holdings-at-merril-collection.html You will have to visit the post to see all the photographs.…
  09 Sep 2013, 15:42
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: another BotNS review
  "http://www.rantingdragon.com/gfn-the-shadow-of-the-torturer/ "Great Fantasy Novel Nomination: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe", by Paul Weimer…
  19 Aug 2013, 16:11
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: SF Signal reviews _Shadows of the New Sun_ anthology
  http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/08/book-review-shadows-of-the-new-sun-stories-in-honor-of-gene-wolfe-edited-by-bill-fawcett-and-j-e-mooney/ "BOOK REVIEW: Shadows of the New S…
  12 Aug 2013, 15:05
• opened OT: R.A. Lafferty estate's problems explained
  http://ralafferty.tumblr.com/post/55382042501/49-the-six-fingers-of-time…
  14 Jul 2013, 03:47
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: _Shadows of the New Sun_ anthology review; 'Six From Atlantis' short story review
  http://dangerousdansbookblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/in-shadow-of-gene-wolfe.html _Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe_, by Bill Fawcett; 'My rating: 3 of 5 stars' …
  10 Jul 2013, 15:09
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Gene Wolfe podcast interview
  http://www.tommerritt.com/2013/06/25/sl-podcast-134-interview-with-gene-wolfe/ "S&L Podcast ? #134 — Interview with Gene Wolfe"; from the Nebula Awards http://www.podtrac.com/pts/…
  26 Jun 2013, 16:11
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: closely parsing TBotNS openings
  https://opengeography.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/gene-wolfes-recursion/ "Gene Wolfe’s recursive opening paragraph [thought experiment]" Possibly also of interest: the podcast http:/…
  19 Jun 2013, 15:13
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: _Home Fires_, 1982 roundtable
  'A 1982 Video Interview with Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison and Gene Wolfe Wherein They Discuss the Label ?Science Fiction?' http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2013/06/a-1982-video-int…
  05 Jun 2013, 17:13
• opened Gene Wolfe in SF
  http://www.sfinsf.org/?p=1892 "Bonus Reading: Gene Wolfe & Connie Willis" May 16th (in 2 days):…
  15 May 2013, 01:28
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Wolfe to visit Library
  http://www.niutoday.info/2013/03/22/renowned-science-fiction-author-gene-wolfe-coming-to-campus-april-3-for-talk-book-signing/ A good opportunity anyone in Chicago or Illinois.…
  27 Mar 2013, 01:41
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: John Wright reviews _The Sorcerer's House_
  http://www.scifiwright.com/2013/03/the-secrets-of-the-sorcerers-house-by-gene-wolfe/ "The secrets of THE SORCERER’S HOUSE by Gene Wolfe" That seems like a good point. Did anyone p…
  12 Mar 2013, 23:59
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: one-line summaries
  http://bookstove.com/science-fiction/book-review-gene-wolfe-the-claw-of-the-conciliator/ Nah, I'm kidding, it's a real review: Also, http://buenogato.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/the…
  09 Jan 2013, 00:40
• opened Pirate Freedom notes
  Finally got around to reading it. Quick read, reasonably entertaining. Sadly, I find myself even less interested than _The Sorcerer's House_ in figuring out the secret - but I am m…
  25 Nov 2012, 06:13
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: new _Peace_ edition & afterword?
  https://twitter.com/mxpalmieri/status/269198900693434368 By Marco Palmieri https://twitter.com/mxpalmieri (@nailhimself is https://twitter.com/neilhimself or Neil Gaiman, of cour…
  21 Nov 2012, 03:17
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Soldier of Sidon review
  http://www.logicalatomist.com/blog/2012/10/soldier-of-sidon-by-gene-wolfe.html…
  10 Oct 2012, 00:13
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: Wizard-Knight & Best Of reviews
  http://shelflove.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/the-best-of-gene-wolfe-review/ http://speculiction.blogspot.com/2012/09/review-of-wizard-knight-by-gene-wolfe.html…
  18 Sep 2012, 22:14
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: new Gene Wolfe interview with Stephen C. Ormsby
  http://stephenormsby.wordpress.com/2012/08/29/wednesday-wordsmith-author-interview-gene-wolfe/ "Wednesday Wordsmith Author Interview — Gene Wolfe", 29 August 2012; the interview bu…
  04 Sep 2012, 22:42
• opened This Week in Google Alerts: whatever happened to _The Land Across_?
  http://forum.tor.com/threads/1107-Gene-Wolfe-s-quot-The-Land-Across-quot…
  21 Aug 2012, 22:27

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