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At the 1:03 mark of the latest episode of the Rereading Wolfe podcast I took a crack at explaining the meaning of the second novella in The Fifth Head of Cerberus (“A Story” by Joh…
19 Oct 2019, 20:09
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http://jameswynn.blogspot.com/2012/02/on-march-17th-im-planning-to-attend.html "Like Misfortune, remarkable gifts are not bestowed according to merit. But sometimes the piano doe…
17 Feb 2012, 05:01
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http://www.historyofphilosophy.net/marcus-aurelius…
13 Feb 2012, 16:48
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Here's a treat: http://www.wofford.edu/sharedworlds/critters/index.html Click on the website to view the shared world critters. Click on a critter in the poster to view it's sta…
09 Feb 2012, 15:56
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On a related note, at Capricon 32 in Wheeling, IL (just outside of Chicago), there's going to be a panel with Gene and Cory Doctorow (excellent!): http://www.kristine-smith.com/i…
19 Jan 2012, 17:54
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http://www.scifiwright.com/2011/11/home-fires-by-gene-wolfe-those-who-dwell-in-hell-also-keep-them-burning/…
23 Nov 2011, 16:02
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I'm guessing "Babbie" is probably Marble/Magnesia's cutesy nickname for "Babirusa"-- a fine Vironese name for a male hus.…
17 Nov 2011, 03:16
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http://liamkruger.tumblr.com/post/11311695396/heyoscarwilde-gene-wolfe-once-did-a-story-about "Gene Wolfe once did a story about astronauts that had birds inside of them. " Which…
25 Oct 2011, 17:00
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http://blip.tv/planetman-entertainment/novelties-the-sorcerer-s-house-by-gene-wolfe-5213667 http://blip.tv/planetman-entertainment/novelties-home-fires-by-gene-wolfe-5491084…
30 Aug 2011, 15:56
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24 Aug 2011, 20:12
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/may/13/gene-wolfe-hero-neil-gaiman-sf…
13 May 2011, 15:22
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I can't find anything determinate on this. Does anyone else? I've missed this particular question being discussed. Lee thinks they are working in concert and others wonder how a …
12 May 2011, 17:51
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I just read this quote by Wolfe. Irony? Pot-Meet-Kettle? J…
29 Apr 2011, 19:24
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Krait nodded. "You said you thought he was an old man, and you were angry because he had tricked you. You told me some trooper shot and killed him." I nodded. "Did you see his co…
11 Feb 2011, 20:59
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Did anyone here read 'Bloodsport' in the Sword & Dark Magic anthology?…
10 Feb 2011, 19:02
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http://www.capricon.org/capricon31/CC/index.php/reports/rep_schedule If you're near Chicago, you lucky bastard, Wolfe is supposedly going to be there this weekend. That panel "Suc…
08 Feb 2011, 15:57
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Available Jan 4, 2011. Includes new story by Wolfe, "The Giant" From vampires in the Appalachians and leprechauns in the Smokies to mermaids in the Mississippi and bloodthirsty …
21 Dec 2010, 20:58
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http://www.lawrenceperson.com/?p=3256…
19 Dec 2010, 06:00
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http://undermyappletree.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/friday-finds-december-17th/ /*Home Fires by Gene Wolfe */ /From Publishers Weekly: "Against a backdrop of science fictional elem…
17 Dec 2010, 15:47
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Blog recommends The Fifth Head of Cerberus as a science fiction work that socialists should read...and not as a "know thy enemy" recommendation either. http://kasamaproject.org/…
16 Dec 2010, 22:21
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727720.101-antilaser-traps-all-incoming-light.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news 'Anti-laser' Traps All Incoming Light" "Call it the anti…
02 Aug 2010, 19:54
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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20727703.000-every-black-hole-may-hold-a-hidden-universe.html A theory that the Big Bang occurred -- and our universe exists -- within a bl…
26 Jul 2010, 15:59
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1) The ring that Bax finds in the fish is a numen storage device or becomes one when Bax touches it after he has aquired numen but dowsing the long-light. . One could argue that th…
09 Apr 2010, 18:35
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Finished Pirate Freedom. Now I can get on to The Sorcerer's House. Going through the discussions from 18 months ago I only have this to add: Discussions of the Catholic/Christian…
25 Mar 2010, 22:02
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...due to a "conflicting schedule". <shakes fist at the universe> J.…
22 Mar 2010, 09:40
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http://www.lawrenceperson.com/?p=941 He also has a picture of Wolfe at ReaderCon last year: http://www.lawrenceperson.com/?tag=science-fiction J.…
10 Mar 2010, 18:28
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I think the blogger should read MORE of Wolfe's more overtly Christian stories, starting with the old "The Detective of Dreams", in order to develop a thicker skin. In my literary …
08 Mar 2010, 11:44
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Anyone else going to be at Comicpalooza? J.…
04 Mar 2010, 22:10
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http://news.discovery.com/archaeology/cambyses-army-remains-sahara.html "Bones, jewelry and weapons found in Egyptian desert may be the remains of Cambyses' army that vanished 2,5…
12 Nov 2009, 17:21
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WindyCon starts tomorrow. The following are the panels Gene Wolfe is supposed to participate on. If anyone is going, I'm particularly interested in what is said at the Friday 5pm p…
12 Nov 2009, 14:26
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Questions arising as I re-read AEG: [page 13] "On Earth, this guest was known as Gideon Chase" What are his other names? And where is he known by them? He claims to the Presiden…
11 Sep 2009, 15:34
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Look, maybe this has already been said, but don't recall it. I thought I'd surely get a reaction on this quote so I'm going up the ante. For reasons, that would be compelling onl…
09 Sep 2009, 14:40
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I just remembered this. Somehow a questioner addressed Wolfe's politics. This is what he said: "The form of government I favor is Democracy, which means "Rule by the People". Am…
08 Sep 2009, 21:59
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Final sentences in the story: "[In the 10th hour of the Book of Am-Tuat] Above the monkey's head, I should add, floats something that you will not find anywhere else in the whole …
29 Jul 2009, 04:14
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Who shot Gloin? J.…
13 May 2009, 19:54
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Did anyone else notice that the xu that Sahuset summons to possess Latro (fresh leaves covering his face) sounds like the Green Man of English mythology?…
28 Feb 2007, 18:10
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I finally got around to buying and reading SOS. Here are some things that perplexed me. 1. This is now the 3rd Wolfe novel in a row where the protagonist has a vampiric inhuman pa…
27 Feb 2007, 15:49
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b sharp says: Coming late to this, but it is verifiably not *humans* that are named after saints. It is citizens of the Commonwealth who are. Ascians are not named after saints. …
26 May 2006, 17:54
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10 May 2006, 12:03
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Dan'l said: I think you have described here the "observant" position on Reason and Faith very well here. My point is that "seculars" would not be at all be surprised to find Revea…
20 Apr 2006, 17:15
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Alright then, I shall unabashedly walk out into the weeds... Agreed. However... In recent years the natural origin of altruism has become an extremely popular branch of evolutiona…
19 Apr 2006, 17:29
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On 4/12/06, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com > I wasn't going interject on this thread and now that it is 6 days later I shouldn't. But I haven't been able to get this back…
18 Apr 2006, 16:56
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In my recent posting with Roy, he suggested something I considered revolutionary. Since Roy usually fashions himself the anti-revolutionary, I found this amazing and worth consider…
03 Aug 2005, 10:12
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I said: Chris responded: I'm just supposing here, but if I were writing this story, having established Silk's remarkable perceptiveness, I would would have had Tussah *deduce* hi…
06 Jul 2005, 22:06
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I said to Chris Chris responded: Perhaps that discussion occurred during the Missing Year. The details centered around the Mamelta appearance and Silk's dream in which Mamelta, …
05 Jul 2005, 10:35
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Kieran says I seem to have found my way under a lot of people's skins today. I'll take your points out of order. I don't thinks so. I said so. However, those novels are not *an…
24 Jun 2005, 18:41
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Roy says Well, 12 year old Cilinia did connive against her father with one of his deadly enemies. Proto-Echidna was no child. I would not have any trouble imagining all sorts of t…
24 Jun 2005, 17:40
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Yes, but Orebs possession by Scylla did not occur until after Pas's resurrection (RTTW 359-360). Echina, Hieros, Molpe, and Scylla did not start possessing animals until they becam…
24 Jun 2005, 15:11
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Nastler says: Marc's argument is intriguing, but if Pas had the mental wherewithall to communicate with Silk so definitively on the ball court and in Hotel garden, then I'm not su…
24 Jun 2005, 06:40
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Chris, I intended to say this in my response but that was long and I didnt' want this missed. Silk was not Tussah's natural son, that's understood. But he wasn't his adopted son …
23 Jun 2005, 15:45
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