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Odd. I likewise myself also have for some reason begun reading Nero Wolfe for the first time. What an amazing coincidence!!!!!! On Pandora, I don't have anything to add to your d…
15 Aug 2001, 21:04
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Way back at the beginning of all this I provided a long list of gospel parallels for the story of Silk. Of course, that's Wolfe's doing. But since Horn and Nettle wrote TBLS, and…
03 Jul 2001, 10:29
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FWIW, this is exactly and precisely what Roman Catholic James Blish does in his classic *A Case of Conscience.* Wolfe shares Blish's Thomism. Blish provides both a "nature" versi…
11 Jun 2001, 09:21
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Having been away for three weeks, I now play catchup. I think the Lilith business is right. Of course, it is not in the Bible, and has nothing to do with Christian doctrine. (It'…
19 May 2001, 13:39
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Interesting observation. This is something they learn from inhuman humans. As Jesus said, and Wolfe no doubt agrees, the kings of the earth love to lord it over others. The disci…
26 Apr 2001, 12:08
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The Secret, it seems, is a weapon that can destroy the inhumi, but one that may be and likely is too heavy to wield. I'd like to go back to something someone suggested, which is …
25 Apr 2001, 22:43
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I asked a while back is Seawrack might be a modified inhuma. No takers. So now I'll ask if Big Mora might have a bit of godling in her, and that's a bit of why she can dream as s…
23 Apr 2001, 12:42
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Like a nidiot I forgot to add this to my previous posting: If Horn is wearing the ring when the Neighbor sends him into Silk's body, then this is probably another case of astral …
20 Apr 2001, 16:38
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There've been a couple of suggestions. 1. Wiping out the inhumi would be so cruel that people would not be able to bring themselves to do it. Or, it would require so much…
19 Apr 2001, 15:12
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Dan'l, Good post on gods. Just a note from a professional Old Testament teacher: the word "gods" ('elohim) is used for angels and for human judges. At root, it means "power/s." …
19 Apr 2001, 15:04
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The gravity on the whorl is caused by centrifugal force. It is possible that the higher up you go, the less gravity there is? And how high up do you have to go? Is it possible th…
19 Apr 2001, 11:18
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I just re-read Free Live Free, and since this list is dormant, thought I'd toss this out to see if anyone wants to discuss it a bit. Here are some of my thoughts, to start us out…
18 Apr 2001, 11:12
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I found Allan Lloyd's two posts, dated 2/16 and 2/19 of last year (2000). These are well worth reading, and if, like me, you could find them, then it's because you are sorting by…
17 Apr 2001, 10:12
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At 09:37 AM 4/16/2001 -0400, Allan Lloyd wrote:> For some reason I did not get the original of this post, and this is from Alga's reply to it. I think you've ma…
16 Apr 2001, 16:35
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Let me try out an hypothesis on you that may explain some of the ending. We start out with Horn. Horn learns about the inhumi, and even comes to love Krait. He sees the evil, but…
12 Apr 2001, 15:51
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The logical candidate for Virgil is Oreb, especially since Oreb, while at one level a figure of the Holy Spirit, is throughout this time ridden by Scylla, a political and pagan t…
12 Apr 2001, 15:38
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While I did not "dislike" the ending as much as some here did, I think you have a good point. Suddenly "Horn" is "Silk." Suddenly they all go away. This has not been "prepared." …
12 Apr 2001, 15:24
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Why a battle at a wedding? Here's some grist for the mill, offered only as a possibility from Revelation 19 (my translation), where the marriage supper is also a battle involving…
11 Apr 2001, 13:43
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Seems hard to me. After all, she marries a human, and I don't recall any indication of weirdness in any conversations about that. I don't know whom she and her father (another hu…
12 Mar 2001, 16:21
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My Dear Blattid, You've certainly advanced the discussion with fine Points To Ponder. Thanks. As to your essay question, well if I grasped what you're asking the answer to the …
06 Mar 2001, 13:11
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While the list is temporarily dormant, let me recommend *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* It's another Christianized Odyssey, so would be of interest to some here, as a parallel of s…
03 Mar 2001, 10:56
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Good ramble. Definitely some of what Wolfe's playing with. As always, Ultan gives us a Borgesian perspective. I don't know that there is any real good way to "do" this ki…
27 Feb 2001, 14:54
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Good point. "He descended into hell. On the third day He arose from the dead, and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father." Horn lives, as and at the "righ…
27 Feb 2001, 09:20
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It's not just "pulp." It's pretty much all of traditional literature. Someone brought up the fact that so many climactic events are off stage, and we only get hints of them. I ca…
26 Feb 2001, 16:31
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THANK YOU! It all makes sense to me now. Yes, Horn has died. Got it. Thank you. I'd missed this. And it raises more thoughts for those of us sympathetic to Wolfe's Christian stand…
26 Feb 2001, 10:11
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