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Crush notes: : While both T. and B. are cast from their towers by Severian, how oh how are they the same person? Or do you mean only thematically?: Teflon responds: Speaking for…
08 Sep 2003, 00:29
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:What two people, who are in some sense the same person, are the Old Sun?: Interesting question. I tend to think Typhon and Baldanders (rather than Abaia, who is unseen). Teflon…
06 Sep 2003, 23:07
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I don't believe Tzadkiel travels via a solar sail, but through a principle similar to Father Inire's mirrors (which, not incidentally, Severian compares the "sails" to during his w…
16 Aug 2003, 16:55
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I don't think Latin is extant---I believe it was indicated in Shadow that Latin is employed as an indication of an ancient tongue, but was not that language in fact. Teflon -----…
16 Aug 2003, 16:45
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I think we're missing something here. Tzadkiel wasn't a simple spaceship. It crossed the gap between universes, between Briah and Yesod. Whorl never left Briah, as I understan…
14 Aug 2003, 14:39
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The larger question is why Severian needs a book at all when he's got a photographic memory. One reading should be sufficient. Teflon93…
07 Aug 2003, 19:09
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I've always wondered myself if Severian's commentary on his memory wasn't a grim joke regarding the infallibility of the Autarch. There are certainly gaps in Severian's narrative …
09 Jul 2003, 01:12
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Don wrote: I can't help but think of the way that Krait in SS is essentially Sinew. Is Quetzal also Silk? Or even Typhon? ('"You thought me dead when I was only dry"' Sword p.137…
09 Mar 2003, 04:14
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Actually, I just happened to have read it. It's called "Straw", from Storeys from the Old Hotel, about what would happen had the hot air balloon been invented in 500 AD. -----Orig…
20 Feb 2003, 02:05
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Mantis- I read TAD a little differently. I ascribe women's hatred of the dolls to hatred of competition. In Otherworld, competition is literally killer. In our world, a woman t…
26 Jan 2003, 17:51
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Avoid Solaris (2002) like the plague--- it is nothing more than a 2-hr Yanni video with intermittent shots of George Clooney's buttocks.…
21 Jan 2003, 05:12
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Chris wrote: Re: "No, no, NO, GREEN is Urth", I thought I'd add this on (from the joke angle), though it's not much of a joke unless you're an engineer. In various types of power c…
05 Jan 2003, 04:53
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James Wynn wrote: I will say this: It has always bothered me that Typhon didn't recognize Severian since from Typhon's perspective, it had only been a short time since he saw the …
03 Jan 2003, 17:22
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On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, maa32 wrote (Quoting Mean Gene): I think this most likely means: 1. A joke. Like if Tolkien, tired of being asked for the umpteenth time whether The Ring r…
28 Dec 2002, 23:05
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Marc wrote: As far as I understand it, the oxygen given off by trees might aid in the formation of rain and in the formation of an atmosphere, right? Here is something interesting…
24 Dec 2002, 18:10
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Marc- Thanks for removing the veil so we can discuss this. I look forward to the posts to follow. :When asked "Does the narrator travel through the white fountain in the short s…
24 Dec 2002, 00:02
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It was regarding the identity of the president of the alternate world---I'll have to reread the entire thing to see if it really pans out, but I was floored when Wolfe pulled the r…
21 Dec 2002, 04:42
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I just finished reading There Are Doors. I found it to be pretty mundane until experiencing the usual Wolfean epiphany late, which of course makes me want to reread the whole thin…
20 Dec 2002, 01:45
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Don Doggett wrote: Fair enough. The thing I think that keeps me drawn to my theory is the fact that Marble's internal clock is off by three thousand years (well 2,700) soon after…
17 Dec 2002, 05:13
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: Second, I assert that my arguments -- that Quetzal was on Urth and manipulated Typhon to start the Whorl project -- is textually supported. Quetzal is *clearly* (clear to me anyw…
27 Nov 2002, 01:32
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: I challenge the supporters of the "Blue = Ushas" theory to come up with a good and reasonable explanation of why they wind up in Severian's time. I offer extra credit if it does…
27 Nov 2002, 01:24
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To your point, Ryan, Silk lamented at one point that the inhumi were merely a reflection of those on whom they feed, not evil in and of themselves, and that were humans better peop…
17 Nov 2002, 17:38
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Roy wrote: Rather than argue the nuts-and-bolts, let me address the thematic objections. As you acknowledge, the galaxy had been conquered long ago by the First Empire. The effec…
16 Nov 2002, 18:33
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There is a simpler explanation for all of this---Wolfe simply needed a quick visual way to alert longtime readers as to who the builder of the Whorl really was. -----Original Mess…
09 Nov 2002, 02:24
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Mantis wrote: Weer confronts Lou Gold, then Sherry makes her visit. Sherry speaks of her "magic ring," and aside from the link to the title of this message (the spooky link betwe…
30 Oct 2002, 03:53
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Thanks for your reply, Mantis. I thoroughly enjoyed GURPS New Sun, btw. [snip] Mantis wrote: In the AD 2274 timeframe, all the Americans have died out. Throughout PEACE there is…
22 Oct 2002, 00:23
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The recent thread on Mr Tilly and the discoveries made regarding oranges (especially his propensity for injecting oranges with drugs) have made me wonder again what real or perceiv…
21 Oct 2002, 23:35
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First-time poster, long-time lurker. I've followed the Blue=Ushas debate with great interest, enough so that I went back and combed SS looking for the text where Seawrack mention…
25 Sep 2002, 01:37
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