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Care to expand on that? It rings true to me, but I'm not sure why. :) Perhaps just because Wolfe's writing is quite fugal in nature? Is there a quality judgement in that state…
20 May 2002, 18:30
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[...] I don't know if it's intended as a joke, but one of my favorite such "squinty" moments is in ON BLUE'S WATERS when Horn tells us that there was rumored to be a third book …
06 May 2002, 17:28
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FWIW, when I met Wolfe he seemed a very kind and friendly man. I was at a convention and just happened to be standing near by when he signed in (he was guest of honor). He intr…
17 Apr 2002, 15:18
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In the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION, Clute asserts that "A Solar Labyrinth" is a "meta-fiction" about the entire Urth sequence. I never understood why until I read your post.…
17 Apr 2002, 14:17
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Keep reading :) In "On Blue's Waters", Horn discusses the manner in which he put together the narrative based on conversations with people who *were* there. The lists are moving…
04 Jan 2002, 16:16
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This is Wolfe's (intentional) ploy to clue us in that Horn is the narrator of the book. And yes, it has been discussed. ;) I had a lot of trouble understanding Tick as well, but…
04 Jan 2002, 13:46
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I've had the same unfortunate experience with PEACE. I've a friend that reads what I'd consider quality work within the genre (Dan Simmons, PK Dick, to name a couple), and he's al…
28 Oct 1999, 10:51
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What we mustn't forget to realize, though, is that it's in Wolfe's nature to take a standard plot device and give it a twist. In fact, much of Wolfe's work seems to work on the le…
24 Aug 1999, 10:35
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I'm a programmer, but I don't think it takes any programming skill whatsoever if you use some of the search forms provided by standard search engines. HotBot, for example, provi…
28 Jan 1999, 12:29
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This reminds me of the passage in PEACE, in which Aunt Olivia is speaking to Katie and says: "Who's that behind you?" "It's just little Den, Katie. He's been there before." "Yes,…
11 Dec 1998, 11:48
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|For starters, I agree that Weer is not only 'dead,' but has been for a |long time. Recapping evidence others have presented before: Eleanor |Bold's hobby is planting trees on the…
25 Aug 1998, 11:35
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|I am not sure if I am thinking of the same discussion of _Peace_ that you |are (although I remember only one) but if I am then "good" is perhaps |overstating it. What I remember i…
24 Aug 1998, 01:35
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-----Original Message----- From: CRCulver at aol.com <CRCulver at aol.com> To: urth at lists.best.com <urth at lists.best.com> Date: Sunday, August 23, 1998 7:22 PM Subject: (urth) More on Pea…
24 Aug 1998, 01:13
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Whoa there! That's a BIG can of worms. We had quite a good discussion of PEACE early on in the list, so you should be able to get some good info from the archives. For starters,…
23 Aug 1998, 08:29
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RE: "A Solar Labyrinth" as New Sun metafiction--well the one obvious point supporting this is the title, since TBOTNS is indeed a labyrinth for the mind, relating of course the sun…
05 Jul 1998, 08:51
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This is an interesting interpretation, and you're right--no one I know has ever come up with anything like it. One question though: what do you suppose is the "sinister element" t…
04 Jul 1998, 14:43
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Well, I've pretty much given up on the debate about a black hole absorbing a star in a matter of seconds since I don't have the facts to back up my side, and prion seems to know qu…
04 Jul 1998, 14:39
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Now that's an interesting and very plausible theory. Just before reading this post, I was reading a passage from TBOTNS that ties in nicely with the Torturers as Priests theory. …
03 Jul 1998, 00:43
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prion, You're certainly right about how such a black hole could "guzzle" the Sun if it were planted firmly inside of it. However, I just do not believe that it is necessarily suc…
03 Jul 1998, 00:02
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While your theory that the cancer at the heart of the Sun is a wormhole (rather than a black hole) is interesting--and perhaps true--it is not necessarily true that a black hold wo…
02 Jul 1998, 23:04
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Just to throw my two cents in on this one, I think that clues are strewn about TBOTNS for all of the major revelations of UOTNS. While I can't offer proof for any particular case,…
24 Jun 1998, 01:57
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I've tried everywhere for both of these, to no avail. However, check out amazon.com and try their "out of print" ordering, they turned up a copy of "Species" within a matter of ho…
15 Jun 1998, 19:36
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I hate to use the "C" word, but is there any chance you could provide citations for the mountains-to-the-east claim? Or at least point me in the right direction? I th…
06 Feb 1998, 00:58
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lasrach said: I think the reference to the humans of Sev's time having changed a good deal takes place when Sev. emerges from the mine at Saltus and chats to Jonas re the possi…
03 Feb 1998, 10:22
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lasrach said: I think the reference to the humans of Sev's time having changed a good deal takes place when Sev. emerges from the mine at Saltus and chats to Jonas re the possi…
03 Feb 1998, 10:19
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This is not exactly true. I'm as yet unable to track down the reference, but I'm sure that the text mentions somewhere that the people of Sev's era have evolved quite a bit from …
02 Feb 1998, 14:18
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When I talked to Mr. Wolfe I asked him if he was working on the Short Sun books. He said he was about 150 pages into the second rewrite of the first (of three) books. He said to …
22 Oct 1997, 12:47
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And a silence descended upon the Urth like none that was ever known before... Well, it's been a while since I've posted here, mostly because we've been discussing books/stories I …
22 Oct 1997, 02:08
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Hi alga. I'd like a copy of the essay if you wouldn't mind :) Thanks, Jason Voegele voegele.6 at osu.edu http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~voegele 666 Everwood Ave. Columbus, OH 4321…
23 Aug 1997, 12:37
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Hmmmm...a new name for Urth/Whorl. How 'bout "Maps & Mirrors"? Probably too long. Count me in for the Simmons/Hyperion list...and least once I read The Rise of Endymion (It's o…
16 Aug 1997, 19:39
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Wow...I'm tempted to analyze the Christian symbolism in that post...oh wait, that was an accident wasn't it :) Anyway, I'm back. I haven't posted here for quite a while. My Sacr…
23 Jul 1997, 15:22
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I haven't had a chance to look at the People chat yet. Is Wolfe denying that Weer killed most/all characters or is he denying that Weer killed anyone at all? I seem to recall rea…
12 Jun 1997, 10:20
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OK, I've just finished rereading PEACE, and, of course, it was wonderful. As with most Wolfe works, it's beautifully written, subtle, multi-layered, thought-provoking, and extremel…
11 Jun 1997, 02:00
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LOL! I did the very same thing! (Well, I didn't clean the kitchen, but you know what I mean.) I haven't seen any sign of a transcript yet, but I'm hoping that it's just a delay.…
22 May 1997, 13:07
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Yup. Locus listed The Dark Shore as "A. A. Attanasio writing as Adam Lee" or something to that effect. Also, the newly published Encyclopedia of Fantasy (Clute and Grant, 1997--H…
19 May 1997, 09:37
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I've got a theory for The Book of Gold in PEACE. It's the Chinese Egg. Consider the following passage: "[The Egg] was painted with a variety of scenes...No two witnesses agreed p…
17 May 1997, 17:31
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While we're on the subject of other authors (and before we determine where we're *supposed* to post these things), has anyone read Adam Lee's (AKA A. A. Attanasio's) THE DARK SHORE…
16 May 1997, 11:20
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Evil! That was evil!!! <g> I suppose your going to say you've solved all of the "Mysteries of the New Sun" too, aren't you? Just because you wrote the Lexicon doesn't meen you c…
14 May 1997, 22:04
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Hello everybody. I'm new here so I hope I'm not retreading any old ground, but I do have a few questions/observations. Having determined that Weer is in fact dead, it seems to me…
12 May 1997, 01:33
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