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Goodness, is it my turn in the barrel again already? I'm not sure what you mean by that answer, could you please explain ti at greater length, Adam?…
24 Nov 2009, 07:56
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It's less of a pun than a Dantean contrapasso, I would say. Like most activities on Urth, "tradition" is probably the largest reason.…
23 Nov 2009, 11:30
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I think it's a bit more specific version of the split-brain syndrome, which he also uses in "The Death of Doctor Island".…
21 Nov 2009, 20:45
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Making it too readable would detract from the ironic comment on manifestoi as a genre.…
21 Sep 2009, 05:59
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I believe Russell Wodell was the first to mention it here, just under a year ago.…
18 Sep 2009, 08:38
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I think decaf might be a better place to start. :)…
14 Sep 2009, 10:17
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Can you point to where he actually says something like this, please?…
29 Jul 2009, 07:54
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This is a single proposition. A logical argument has the form of two or more propositions.…
26 Jul 2009, 20:10
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I'd have to give him the benefit of the doubt there, as the corridors extend back through time and dimension, so that three lefts may not make a right. Severian further admits…
25 Jul 2009, 01:05
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The Roche-Eata mismatch is flaw in his memory, but not a grossly obvious one. The narrator seeks to recall the incident and does so, but the effort produces a false positive that…
25 Jul 2009, 00:53
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Oy! There's no begging of either question that I can see. Severian feels his memory is perfect because he can find no gaps in it *and* apparently neither can Palaemon. Until hi…
24 Jul 2009, 03:15
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Because it was coined to refer not to a premise but a conclusion supported in a specific, fallacious way, that of circular reasoning. Sev's claim is supported in a different fall…
23 Jul 2009, 15:49
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BTQ abuse makes the Baby Theoanthropos cry. http://begthequestion.info/ You can make a difference.…
23 Jul 2009, 00:53
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Janet Gleeson's _The Arcanum_ has the latest, greatest historical details of the story., with a summary on the page below http://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Extraordinary-True-Story/…
03 Jul 2009, 02:13
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Wow! That totally slipped past me. So what does the moopsball game signify? A commentary on Damon Knight? I'm not sure what this is supposed to be, other than a sign of Wolfe's …
22 May 2009, 01:49
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In fact, I first read _Fugue State_ and _The Death of Doctor Island_ the same day because they were published as an Ace Double. :) I doubt JMF took more from TAD than from Moorco…
21 May 2009, 21:35
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But there is *also* a vector of frequent physical travel that the author tales pains to display, so that resonance explanation need not be valid. It may just be another of Green'…
21 May 2009, 17:00
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What's non-rational about people spreading artifacts, memes, and genes back and forth?…
21 May 2009, 16:00
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Sources differ. Supposedly he did check up years later, but records were not well kept if at all. Infant mortality was upwards of 50% all-round in part due to elective wet nursin…
21 May 2009, 11:30
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"Property rights are sacred, unalienable and a matter of faith. You believe in them or you don't."…
20 May 2009, 19:42
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Not able to explain the disrepancy works for me.…
20 May 2009, 19:38
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I won't say it's not bad, but it's not the _same_ as theft, and when people say it is they lose credibility. Do you consider letting people watch your TV to be theft?…
20 May 2009, 19:27
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Why can you take Jefferson's word seriously enough to determine that his necessity was valid, but dismiss Rosseau out of hand? If Rosseau came out and admitted later that he had …
20 May 2009, 19:21
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And yet, he continued to own slaves, to keep men made by that same Creator from their liberty and their pursuit of happiness for *fifty years* after he wrote those words. Who cou…
20 May 2009, 18:25
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I am so pleased to see you turn out in favor of native title! Absolutely. Buddha, Ben Franklin, Grover Cleveland, not a one of them worth listening to.…
20 May 2009, 14:25
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You can't get off the Whorl that easily!…
20 May 2009, 05:38
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I have witnessed more than one self-identified socialist state that their goal was the transfer of ownership of productive enterprises to their employees by constitutional amendm…
18 May 2009, 13:25
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There's more to it, like how poor the poor are to begin with, than how far the rich are above them. The Lydians didn't revolt against Croesus, after all. Socialism needs to borr…
17 May 2009, 11:24
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Is it really fake? He might have other things to do than watch out for antagonists.…
18 Apr 2009, 09:05
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I think it might best be done as a series of Sev's reminiscences, with 2-3 plot threads a piece, and one or two continuing along the arc. You'd also have some freedom from contin…
13 Apr 2009, 10:21
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lucrative? a hungarian novelist?…
12 Apr 2009, 08:52
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I've seen photos of Wolfe from that time and there was nothing flat or square about him - in fact in one he sorta looks like Stimpy.…
09 Apr 2009, 02:34
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That's true, but there's already an awareness of clones in the society at large, the khaibit class. I could see Severian and Ultan being khaibits that have survived their primari…
08 Apr 2009, 16:06
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Can you refresh my memory on that, please?…
08 Apr 2009, 08:33
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Exactly, some of the scariest monsters on TV - they're not fast or clever, but there's always more of them waiting in the dark and they have these HUGE mouths. Enik's tragic dis…
08 Apr 2009, 08:30
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Yes, I realize that many (in fact, most in my experience) homosexuals have kids and ostensibly hetero marriages, but how heteronormative can you be when even the people who have …
08 Apr 2009, 08:30
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He was at UT-Austin in 1961-1962, much more convenient to meet him there than in Argentina.…
07 Apr 2009, 10:15
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The catacomb part was a few months ago: the part after "also" is my current addition, reflecting on Ultan's appearance - there is a similar, though unfriendly encounter between…
07 Apr 2009, 09:43
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A few months ago we went over this - they meet in unlit underground tunnels, essentially catacombs for books instead of bodies. Ultan is also very much like the barrow wights or …
06 Apr 2009, 03:00
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Whoa there: Ultan really likes sharing the thoughts of famous historians, but doesn't seem to be eager to do the necessary cannibalism. Don't the Vodalarii in the forest mention …
06 Apr 2009, 02:44
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Zelazny has some of it in his Amber books, and David Gerrold put some into the original "Land of the Lost" TV series.…
05 Apr 2009, 00:46
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How could he tell he was opulent by looking?…
02 Apr 2009, 03:20
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I _would_ appreciate such a brawl, but still I don't think Mr Wolfe would.…
01 Apr 2009, 18:59
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It's not you I'm particularly worried about, either. But suppose Harlan Ellison shows up?…
01 Apr 2009, 18:53
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God bless you for your faith in our fellows, Witz, but I've been to too many meet-ups where people started showing their ass to have your confidence. I believe it is like the sa…
01 Apr 2009, 16:08
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What's the example for Ultan? IIRC, during his sighted days he was fond of reading by a window on the 49th floor of the library, overlooking the Upholsterer's Garden.…
31 Mar 2009, 19:07
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But how do they not work on the rich people who own the businesses?…
31 Mar 2009, 18:40
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It's not me I'm worried about, but I can all too easily envision some heated discussions and spilled drinks leading to an exchange of assaults, both real and imagined.…
31 Mar 2009, 18:37
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Most sources I can locate list his birthday as May 7, 1931. I doubt Mr Wolfe would appreciate having a brawl thrown in his honor.…
31 Mar 2009, 09:09
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Who do estate taxes get passed on to?…
31 Mar 2009, 08:26
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