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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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hmmm... Yes. There is definitely a deliberate connection. Of that I have no doubt. J From: "Andy Robertson says:…
04 Feb 2006, 00:49
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Yes, Ascian means "shadowless". Since the Ascians work for Erebus (which is the "darkness of Tartaros" according to Hesiod), they are ironically without a shadow, because they are …
31 Jan 2006, 00:35
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Even if Wolfe *did* intend the Ascians political structure and language to be a reference to Maoism and Buck Rogers (and the connection, it must be admitted, is only inferable -- I…
30 Jan 2006, 14:12
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I'll take a shot at these, and we'll see. He meant he was not Able, he was Arthur. Having completely succeeded at being Able, a heroic figure of his desire, he now only wanted to …
19 Dec 2005, 14:44
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Right. Because we *see* his back and it is only maggots and such. However, there is a progression demonstrated toward the both gods (Most Low and Most High) that is at first glanc…
16 Dec 2005, 22:11
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Able was in the same situation after he "fell" from Skai (I think there is a deliberate parallel to Lucifer there) and used his Skai-powers in Mythgarthr. He was either prohibited …
13 Dec 2005, 12:21
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I don't think it is "just" a nod to Darwin. He *chose* to use the word "raised" afterall. Well, you admit that Disiri was raised to human status and at the end of the book, she is…
11 Dec 2005, 02:17
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Acts 17:29-30 "Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. And the…
10 Dec 2005, 16:31
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