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Maybe so. I do think I'm getting a scratchy throat!…
18 Nov 2008, 00:41
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I heard from Teri this morning. They still haven't arrived at a diagnosis. It seems Nigel won't get to go home *at least* until Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Wolfe clan has checked h…
17 Nov 2008, 17:47
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Here's my report from WindyCon 35: First of all, Nigel Price is in the hospital. He was taken by ambulance on Saturday morning when he could not get out of bed. He does not seem …
17 Nov 2008, 01:49
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"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried." --Winston Churchill J.…
06 Nov 2008, 20:12
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Robert Borski had some theories related to Hyacinth's umbrella. That's the only metion I remember.…
06 Nov 2008, 02:58
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Actually, I don't think Latro will ever get home until he passes through India, Micronesia, Columbia, Ireland, Britain, Germania, and Slavakia. I asked Wolfe once if he anticipated…
04 Nov 2008, 02:13
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In The Book of the Short Sun, Horn remembers the following from his childhood: "I once had a toy, a little wooden man in a blue coat who was moved by strings. When I played with…
03 Nov 2008, 23:57
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IIRC, Severian believes that they are normal humans who have been artificially modified for the purpose the Autarch puts them to. He even posits that they might be aware that they …
01 Nov 2008, 19:25
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That's a good point. I was trying to remember how I associated Hera with Gaea. It turns out it was our old pal Robert Graves in "The Greek Myths" (a book Wolfe has recommended), …
12 Oct 2008, 18:32
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Well, as with so many things about the myths it is not entirely clear that Hercules was originally understood as Hera's enemy. His Greek name, HERACLES, means "Glory of Hera". St…
12 Oct 2008, 07:31
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The purpose of this sort of collection to me is to loan out to friends who are unfamiliar with Wolfe. This way, they can experience the best of Wolfe without getting detracted by s…
11 Oct 2008, 21:35
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John, I haven't read "Junie Moon" but "White Cow Moon" is almost certainly a reference to Io (who was the moon). She was one of Zeus's rape victims. In order to hide her from pe…
11 Oct 2008, 21:28
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Keep us posted on when this will be. I'm trying to decide whether to come in on Friday night or late Saturday morning. I wish the schedule at WindyCon were better (or at all) nai…
11 Oct 2008, 20:56
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If it were a typo, then it has been replicated across multiple editions. I think one needs a significant evidence before settling on the typo explanation. Thecla's memory (and a…
09 Oct 2008, 13:45
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The citation is Claw chapter 21. It is during Sev's discussion with the androgyne. The book is the one with mirrors for pages. Personally, Sev's reaction doesn't give me the same…
01 Oct 2008, 13:33
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I guess the dead and buried sentence was already discussed. But Jeff's explanation doesn't really do it for me. J…
30 Sep 2008, 13:03
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When people mention to me that they feel something is going on under the floorboards in this scene, I always direct them to this clause: "...quite suddenly I felt that he and I we…
30 Sep 2008, 12:19
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Dave Tallman says: Unfortunately for people like me who find the Urth/Lune = Blue/Green concept appealing, there are three more very glaring alternatives. 1) Wolfe just likes th…
24 Sep 2008, 01:45
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Pedro said: "That can surely be Wolfe's intention. All I say is that it is not real science and the problem only exists when people want to justify it using real world biochemistry…
23 Sep 2008, 01:52
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Marc said: I say: Having considered your theory for a few years now, I am convinced that the hybidizing conversation does in fact refer to the need for a merging of the Neighbors …
19 Sep 2008, 01:00
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Pedro says: 2) I guess I was under the wrong impression. What you say makes sense. None of the monstrosities seem to have been humans in the past. The Megatherians seem to be the …
19 Sep 2008, 00:19
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Pedro says: "1) Oreb in Astral form was always like a small boy with feathers. He is ALWAYS like that because the astral form shows how a person's spirit "is". For example Silkhorn…
18 Sep 2008, 02:54
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Dave, I'm coming very late to this, but no one ever responded to your original post. I find it interesting that you specifically noted the additional understanding to be gained f…
17 Sep 2008, 20:32
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Oops. I missed this thread. I'll be attending the panel discussions and book signings at the Marriot. I'll be wearing a Texas A&M cap. Hope to see you there. J ----- Original M…
16 Jun 2007, 05:02
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I read "New Sun" first. I came away from it convinced that Wolfe was a phenominal creator of worlds but only a so-so writer. I thought that because: 1. Wolfe failed to make clear …
16 Jun 2007, 05:00
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Hey, In case anyone else is going to be there. I'll be at the Science Fiction Awards events on Saturday. J…
16 Jun 2007, 04:27
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Adam said: I have always presumed the April 23 entry was written by Marsch. That was why I presumed VRT had murdered Marsch for some reason relating to this event. Otherwise, it j…
12 May 2007, 17:07
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I don't *think* so. After Marsch kills the cat (which is an abo), VRT (who is also an abo) kills Marsch. Then he spends some time in the wilderness growing a beard and preparing to…
07 May 2007, 02:05
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don doggett writes: Hartshorn replies: Granting that Parka is of the same level as Michael, I think it is a significant point of which Wolfe was aware that in Germany the temples…
17 Apr 2007, 12:41
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On the issue of genre labels, I'm not sure I agree with this. Putting, say, "The Sword of Shanarah" in the bin with the works of William Morris is to me like labeling the music of …
16 Apr 2007, 21:46
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The best propaganda a) does not require that the audience know anything about or *even have an interest in* the subject they are being propagandized on, and (most important) b) can…
13 Apr 2007, 17:39
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[Silently judging Don's for his taste in scifi movies] While ST was not especially faithful to the book IIRC it did successfully capture the "tone" and "angle" of the book. The boo…
12 Apr 2007, 21:06
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I agree, especially since the gods in the Greek portion of "Soldier" are way too obscure for pedestrian movie watchers. Zeus, Athena, Hermes are nowhere to be found. Demeter and He…
11 Apr 2007, 22:34
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I understand that the hero in the new movie "The Lookout" is lacking short-term memory due to an accident. It is interesting to me that both Memento and the "Soldier" novels have …
11 Apr 2007, 14:50
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I'm coming to this late but I'm fairly certain this is the cross Wolfe described in his Q&A: http://www.urth.org/whorlmap/voided_cross.htm…
27 Feb 2007, 16:07
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I just got my answer to this while poking around in the glossary. The scarred child is Mtoto, from whom Latro cast out the demon.…
27 Feb 2007, 15:56
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I understood (based on Myt-ser'eu's statement in the last paragraph that Sahuset had bewitched the party to believe that Latro was aboard with them. I understood from Sabra's advic…
27 Feb 2007, 15:54
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mornings glory responds: Heh heh heh...That leaves a lot of room for different naming conventions. But I agree that it strongly *does* imply that Typhon & Co were not born in the …
26 May 2006, 21:08
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Ah! Well, he's hardly invisible, is he? But then there is Hyacinth's father who is frequently referenced, converses with Silk, but never actually shows up in the story. J…
26 May 2006, 20:44
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Avoiding spoilers, I can confidently assert that the Long Sun/Short Sun (which I consider a single novel), has ghosts, vampires, AND werewolves\(skin-changers). In fact, the name o…
26 May 2006, 18:03
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Hmmm... I was unsuccessful in separating my message from your HTML format. That makes me look pretty stupid. Lets try it again. -----Original Message----- From: James Wynn <thewyn…
25 Apr 2006, 21:06
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25 Apr 2006, 20:54
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Chris said, I think you have described the "secular" view of Faith quite nicely here. It is greatly influenced by the founding Existentialists who said that true Faith must be "ab…
20 Apr 2006, 17:15
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David Duffy said: Yes. As I've argued repeatedly in the past, the Rajan's astral travel definitely permits and includes time-travel. The first evidence of it was when Silk saw an …
19 Apr 2006, 19:36
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Stanislaus said: Now that is definitely a wicked twist! But I still don't understand the focus on Ares. Marcus acknowledged that besides Ares, Zeus and Hermes are also not prese…
19 Apr 2006, 17:40
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Dan'l, I assure you I did not intend to assign teams for anyone, let alone you. Actually, (although I didn't say so) I chose seven-day Creationist Christians as an archetype (which…
18 Apr 2006, 18:19
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Marc said Sorry, to come into this so late but I haven't had time to keep up with the activity on this list. While I think Marc is on to something, I don't think he's quite hit …
12 Apr 2006, 00:42
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Roy opines While reminding everyone that I'm not satisfied with the uhlan explanation, I'll say this: The uhlans had to show up sometime. It could have been a fluke. They showed u…
24 Feb 2006, 14:55
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Well, I'm torn. I find the "Uhlan" explanaition attractive since it is mundane and doesn't require the invention of an entire narrative that is not refererence elsewhere. On the o…
24 Feb 2006, 03:06
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eh.....I don't know. It seems a stretch since I can't think of any other connection beyond the name. But I'm no one to talk since I've always suspected Ascolais is connected to th…
05 Feb 2006, 02:57
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