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I would argue that the intent was self-evidently for it to cover every conceivable type of weapon. The constant constitutional crisis the US finds itself in --not just for an arm…
17 Mar 2009, 15:02
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For record, (although I like the choice of Syrinx on a lot of levels) a literal transcription an pronunciation of Syrinx's name would be "Surigx". Not all that different from the p…
17 Mar 2009, 12:34
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I've always presumed her actual name would be from the mythology of Japan, China, or Mongolia, due to her features: "sharp chin, very high cheekbones, and tilted eyes". But then…
15 Mar 2009, 23:33
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Oh no! Pointy-headed pedantry! can't....stay..awaaaaake....<clunk>…
29 Jan 2009, 02:17
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Try using Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. I don't know why but sometimes that makes a difference for graphics. J…
29 Jan 2009, 02:14
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Wolfe said: "Where is the difficulty, unless all the valleys run parallel to the Long Sun? Naturally they don't. " It never occurred to me to read this as a river valley, probably…
28 Jan 2009, 02:55
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I didin't receive anything posted on the list since noon until just now. I sent Jordan some pictures that are apparently in line with the Whorl as Matthew envisioned it. But now …
28 Jan 2009, 01:32
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Although I think Wolfe *does* have characters lie and never get called on it, I think the story is true. There's simply no other way IMO that Blue could be inundated with inhumi at…
27 Jan 2009, 05:57
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Inhuma Inigma>I kind of had a problem with this as well in that The BOLS and BOSS are a single novel. The Inhumi are among several dangling threads that are not tied-up until the …
26 Jan 2009, 14:12
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Tim: Jeff Mostly because I don't think it will matter. I've essentially re-stated (former engineer) Wolfe's answer to this question half-a-dozen ways and the only response I'm …
26 Jan 2009, 04:38
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P.S. Trust me. There are far more important plot elements in The Book of the Long Sun that are far, far more subtly presented.…
25 Jan 2009, 23:34
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You are assuming he thought it all strange that the Whorl would cast shadows. If he made a rough model of his Whorl, he would have seen shadows and just recorded what he saw. J…
25 Jan 2009, 23:30
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<snip> This premise is only true for areas directly on the other side of the Long Sun. In the cases of areas just on the edge of Nightside (from Silk's perspective, deep in Nigh…
25 Jan 2009, 22:43
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Jeff: Only that the valley's *plane* tilts, say, 15 degrees (perpendicular to the LS axis) into the *idealized* curve of the Whorl. Also that the valley be somewhat deep and si…
25 Jan 2009, 22:01
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Remember that I am only trying to explain that Wolfe has not defied physics in having Silk see shadows in some valleys. I think I've got everyone to admit that it is possible so …
25 Jan 2009, 20:00
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And why does that require that mountains which were not formed by natural forces (such as rain and wind) to be perpendicular to the Long Sun as well? Why assume that when much of…
25 Jan 2009, 18:46
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Me: Jeff: [sigh] Look. There's mountains in the Whorl are just like any other mountains. But the axis of mountains are not perpendicular to the Long Sun. Imagine a mountain and…
25 Jan 2009, 18:06
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Pick me up a frapacino while you're there. Personally, I've always suspected that Adama healed up way too fast when Athena shot him. J…
25 Jan 2009, 16:42
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Well, the Whorl's topography *is* Dali-esque. And we know that it has mountains. That's how the Cargo is prevented from reaching the other portions of the ship. J…
25 Jan 2009, 14:44
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So? Same difference. If the ground slopes non-perpendicular to the central light, object perpendicular to the ground will cast shadows. If a mountain is not perpendicular to the …
25 Jan 2009, 03:50
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Unless they are always filled with shadow, right? I'm just north of the 30th parallel. If it were noon on the summer solstice right now, I would cast a shadow. J…
25 Jan 2009, 01:01
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The Neighbors said they let them in. Getting inside the Whorl was easy for them. Once you have help from the inside, it's easy. J…
25 Jan 2009, 00:01
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I don't understand the controversy here. Absolutely not true. The premise here seems to be that all the land in the Whorl is "flat" (relative to the LS), and the mountains all po…
24 Jan 2009, 21:46
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Only if the asteroid were of uniform density on all sides which is unlikely. The engineering permutations to cause an asteroid of undefined dimensions and mass to spin uniformly …
24 Jan 2009, 02:01
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Strange. I was just thinking that Linda Hunt (with big fake Bubba teeth) would be ideal for Incus. :-)…
16 Jan 2009, 03:54
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Based on Remora's words, Silk is not a slight figure. I would say Dolf Lungren would be a better casting choice. J…
15 Jan 2009, 05:08
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Roy said. Dave Tallman replied: That's true, and time-disjunction is addressed in the story. But then it is only addressed in the sense of ethermail, so one has to clear some bra…
23 Dec 2008, 00:14
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To take control of them from whom? The Squid God? One man's wild-eyed revolutionary is another's liberator. The lesser king who described the events to Cassie seemed to see W.R. a…
23 Dec 2008, 00:11
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I thought that was the whole point of the clone theory. The clone theory allows murderer Reis to give Cassie a deadly bracelet, and island king Rosenquist to fall in love with Ca…
22 Dec 2008, 00:41
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[...] The Clone Theory is T for #1 if one presumes his clone saw it instead. I don't actually think it counts for much anyway since it doesn't occur in the Rusterman conversation…
21 Dec 2008, 18:26
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Roy took umbrage: First off: This is unmitigated crap. I tied together the points I was directly responding to with an ellipsis . Since when are the additional brackets required…
21 Dec 2008, 09:17
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It's true that Cassie wears green prior to the party, but this solution is no more "text-based" than your prior theory. It is significantly less so, really, since it relies on re…
21 Dec 2008, 03:53
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Errr...if this is so, why didn't her star power allow her to penetrate it later in the restaurant when she watched him disappear?…
19 Dec 2008, 01:05
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They're in print, but that's the way it is with Wolfe. You can get them off of Amazon or Abebooks. The Science Fiction Book Club put out a compiled edition of "Short Sun".…
18 Dec 2008, 02:31
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I just remembered something else that tips the balance in favor of Roy's clone theory. When the President is briefing Chase: ------- [The president says] "...come in, John! I said…
16 Dec 2008, 03:25
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Sigh. Tsk tsk tsk. Here comes a litany of elaborate theories for each of a series of pointless "lies" Reis/Rosenquist/Rusterman tells a when a single global explanation stands a…
15 Dec 2008, 01:23
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Well, it is frustrating in that Apheta is clear about what they do and why they do it but not why it is necessary to do it as opposed to doing something else. So it is not clear …
14 Dec 2008, 19:20
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Well, well, well, Roy. Now we are getting someplace. Welcome. We've been expecting you. (bwahahaha) You see, after Norma's murder, she reflects on the cops query about who would …
14 Dec 2008, 17:44
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Let's post this in Plain Text. David, Yes, I agree, the Hierogrammates are casuality-based beings they can only exist in some relative Time. However, when you say: You are maki…
14 Dec 2008, 07:39
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David, Yes, I agree, the Hierogrammates are casuality-based beings they can only exist in some relative Time. However, when you say: You are making a conclusive leap here. The st…
14 Dec 2008, 06:49
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I have absolutely no aversion to clone theories per se, yet I think I can give you heartening news that I don't think any of this means Rian is a clone. Klauser IMO thinks Ries's…
14 Dec 2008, 05:38
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Since Time collapses with successive universes, the idea of "sequentiality" between universes would be either naive or would mean something totally different from what we mean by…
13 Dec 2008, 21:17
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I thought they were "Gray Neighbors" mentioned at the Wrap Party at the beginning of the book. The fact that they are there means that Chase is a wizard, not merely a scientist o…
11 Dec 2008, 14:17
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Right. Roy wouldn't like your reasoning since it relies on evidence-by-reference, but I find it pretty conclusive all by itself. As it is, there are other signs pointing to Erebu…
10 Dec 2008, 04:42
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People rarely comprehend how philsophically tight Christianity fit within the 1st century world helping it spread so quickly. The Jews were looking for a messiah at the time and …
06 Dec 2008, 21:56
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So you're saying he's a Christian, not a Christ.…
06 Dec 2008, 06:15
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I'd be curious to read a point-by-point detailing of all this supposedly explicit Christian symbolism in "The Book of the New Sun". I'm usually pretty good at this sort of thing.…
06 Dec 2008, 03:47
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This theory shows shocking na?vet? about cosmology considering the interest its creator must have had in the subject: "Thirty years after Christ's birth he was baptized. Thirty d…
05 Dec 2008, 04:49
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House Absolute>I don't have the text to hand so I cannot verify till Tim, It is true that the House Absolute is not in Nessus. So all that is beside the point. But the Asciians c…
01 Dec 2008, 13:44
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I think Roy has put his finger on the biggest problem when reading Wolfe. Any "big picture" must conform to the details. But it is impossible to separate the wheat details from t…
29 Nov 2008, 06:51
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