Posted from 2 addresses as Jeff Wilson, Jeffery Wilson clueland.com, Jeffery Wilson
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No. During the Apollo program, the measured amount of gas surrounding the moon remained fairly constant, despite each landing adding an amount of gaseous exhaust equal to the origi…
01 Mar 2002, 00:50
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If the Whorl traveled through a region of space that curved back upon itself, then it's reasonable that the old Sun would be visible back along the way they came. There's no partic…
28 Feb 2002, 00:30
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I am still hopeful that Blue and Green turn out to be Urth and Lune in _Planet Of The Apes_ fashion, though perhaps in an era =before= the Whorl left. Roger is an acknowledgment…
25 Feb 2002, 00:31
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"algophilist" is more what we call masochism. It sounds more like Jolenta toyed with Severian, to see how much misery he would endure for a chance to sleep with her than anything r…
05 Feb 2002, 05:30
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Indeed. Perhaps the NP is himself a replacement from another timeline where he was a junior politico. References to disasters and unrest that we don't see could be pointing to even…
09 May 2001, 14:31
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I haven't read the story, but it seems clear to me that an extension of the president's current term is being implied. The Changer could be suggesting that he can keep the presiden…
08 May 2001, 13:48
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Could there be factions among the powers of darkness? Since while Abaia and his undines would be unable to function in the Ragnarok future, Erebus is already in the midst of the fr…
10 Mar 2001, 13:52
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More thinking reveals what might be a sort of inverted literary allusion in the black beans/black hole matter. (I've pointed out numerous examples of inverted parallels and analogi…
08 Mar 2001, 23:03
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Then again, can we be sure that's all they represent? Who is responsible for putting the black hole in the sun?…
07 Mar 2001, 18:08
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Then again, can we be sure that's all they represent? Who is responsible for putting the black hole in the sun?…
07 Mar 2001, 18:08
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Urth-normal gravity is would be expected if Lune's atmosphere was to be retained without some sort of container. The current moon's gravity is not strong enough to retain air. BOTN…
04 Mar 2001, 18:01
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Thinking further on the Urth-Lune relationship has led me to wonder if there is any evidence that Blue and Green from the Long/Short Sun books could actually be Urth and Lune, the …
02 Mar 2001, 09:02
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I was contemplating the technology used to make and keep Lune green and forested and wondered, why couldn't the same effect be used to renew Urth, instead of involving the White Fo…
02 Mar 2001, 08:55
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Hey, I'll take it! Good thinking, and very appropriate. Any hints on pronunciation? I recall you recently mentioned having yet to ponder how Severian might go about bringing Ush…
05 Jan 2001, 13:31
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For gaming purposes, I am trying to name several Green Men from New Sun including one Green Woman. Inspired by Mantis' name lists in GURPS NEW SUN, I would like to give them suita…
04 Jan 2001, 16:28
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As the newest subscriber of the millennium, greetings! I've been reading Wolfe for about 12 years now, and re-reading for almost as long. :) The discourse here seems to be very wo…
03 Jan 2001, 19:45
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