Posted from 2 addresses as Jeff Wilson, Jeffery Wilson clueland.com, Jeffery Wilson
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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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That is not an option in our society. :P…
27 Mar 2009, 08:25
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Currently you don't get police protection in the US, only the _possibility_ of police protection, and there's no refunds or recourse if they don't respond. What if you don't car…
27 Mar 2009, 05:18
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Can you point out some example well-run, non-robbing societies that anyone here would want to live in?…
27 Mar 2009, 05:10
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There were at least three healthy physical relationships in BSG, all between married couples: Athena/Helo, Bill/Laura, and Galen/Callie. As for Ellen/Saul - well, as long as they…
24 Mar 2009, 20:11
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They might not expect it, but something like it is to be found in LEXX of all places. Behind the farce is something very close to Wolfean themes on sex and religion and political p…
24 Mar 2009, 02:24
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I live in Texas, and it is indeed rich land, but it is still miserably cold her during the winter despite only snowing one or two days. I can't imagine preferring Minnesota over …
23 Mar 2009, 08:05
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The Ingalls did not have their choice of the entire underpopulated world to settle in. The Colonials could have settled in places like Hawaii, where living was so easy that hist…
23 Mar 2009, 01:19
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I agree that it would be easier all in one place, network effects and all that, and if they were serious about natural disasters they'd have landed a couple of ships to use for s…
22 Mar 2009, 10:23
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These concerns and the rest in your post are already addressed by their survival on the relatively barren New Caprica - If they were making a go of it there, they'll have a muc…
22 Mar 2009, 09:40
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He had numerous scenes justifying his decisions on religious grounds to the other models. Even if he was cynically manipulating *their* beliefs, that doesn't mean he can't have s…
22 Mar 2009, 08:18
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SG-1 actually has some depth to it, but I agree there is sometimes a lot off dross to pan through to find it. Oh absolutely! I didn't watch the first couple of seasons because t…
22 Mar 2009, 07:13
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I don't see a problem with cult leader Baltaar manipulating Cavil's similar religious beliefs. He mentions giving the best part of themselves, and we know they are already limit…
22 Mar 2009, 05:24
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The exceptional thing is that it happened at least _twice_; there was no way for the "first" Starbuck's corpse and wreckage to have gotten from the gas giant to Earth. I think th…
21 Mar 2009, 22:38
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that's kind of hard to politicize tho…
21 Mar 2009, 06:07
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The last bit references Lewis Carroll's _Through the Looking Glass_, which could be taken as a criticism of class society.…
21 Mar 2009, 01:02
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I think that may be it. A better metric might be "percentage of people with access to firearms", counting everyone in a household with at least one firearm available, even if it…
20 Mar 2009, 04:45
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I agree, but I don't see how that addresses my comment.…
19 Mar 2009, 13:12
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You're missing a closing parenthesis whose placement could drastically influence the way this second sentence would be parsed.…
19 Mar 2009, 13:09
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72% of people in the city, or 72% of people who voted?…
19 Mar 2009, 13:00
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Thank you! Again, super! Not by the 2nd Amendment alone, but the Fourth Amendment extends the "free state" to include security in one's property and body.…
19 Mar 2009, 12:57
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This is much preferable to having people break-in while you are at home, so I'd call it a successful deterrence unless it was somehow established that the marginal desire to st…
19 Mar 2009, 12:29
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Confessing on camera wasn't terribly advancing of his self-interest.…
19 Mar 2009, 12:24
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I'm not sure that follows. It might be a fine literal distinction below the level of resolution of the translation, but "not resisting" and "not restraining" are different concep…
19 Mar 2009, 12:18
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Nobody's being forced to read any of this, my dear.…
19 Mar 2009, 11:59
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then "Less than half the per capita gun ownership of the U.S." can't be true…
19 Mar 2009, 11:52
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Then what is the airplane?…
19 Mar 2009, 11:46
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And Clarke and Teilhard De Chardin are riding it. To me it is most interesting for the implication that some adaptation of _FRANKENSTEIN_ survives to be popular enough that Dr Ta…
19 Mar 2009, 11:44
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I suppose it would make good disguise to wear when one goes cow tipping.…
19 Mar 2009, 11:23
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What?…
18 Mar 2009, 11:11
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You can find a well-sourced report on the Swiss' gun-keeping habits here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland In short, there are about 420,000 state-owned w…
18 Mar 2009, 10:26
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However, 60% of Swiss men aged 18-34 keep rifles and other firearms belonging to the army at home as part of their conscripted and reserve military service.…
18 Mar 2009, 08:32
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Oh yes, armed = polite is bullshit, just look at Sierra Leone.…
18 Mar 2009, 08:13
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