Posted from 3 addresses as Jeremy W. Crampton, Jeremy Crampton
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Actually (though I get your joke) the derivation of "Amazon" from a-maza or without the (right) breast, although popularly accepted by some Ancient Greeks (eg., see Strabo 11.5.1) …
15 Dec 2000, 09:30
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In an archived message, Gordon Brain wrote: ___ From: "Gordon Brain" <gobrain at netcomuk.co.uk> Subject: (urth) Mystery Play? Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 19:51:24 [...] My first reactio…
06 Nov 2000, 20:51
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Hi, The following authoritative list of names from the Soldier series was posted by alga a while back (I also discussed other names, including people's names, in my fanzine The B…
07 Sep 2000, 20:48
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Following are 3 reviews of ST from Books in Print. They relate to some of the discussions on this list esp. the Ziggurat. *** Library Journal (January 1, 2000; 0-312-87227-5) …
04 Feb 2000, 13:55
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Hi, I've had some disturbing thoughts lately... A distinction sometimes made in poststructuralist lit-crit is between the readerly and writerly text. I wonder how/if this could a…
09 Dec 1999, 16:29
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Jim Henley: Jim, it seems to me we can go in one of two ways here. We can hash the ins and outs of these examples from Chaps 1-2 (or others if people come up with any), or we can …
08 Nov 1999, 13:22
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Aren't we forgetting to distinguish between Severian's lies to us, the privileged reader, and his lies to the other characters? The number of lies and deceptions in this latter cat…
06 Nov 1999, 12:10
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Dan sez: and.. Hm, interesting. Here is what I know about this, tho I'm no expert on it so invite comment: Natural theology doesn't necessarily deal with miracles and is indeed …
06 Nov 1999, 10:09
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Hi, I believe you are referring to "natural theology" or the argument from design, which is the belief that since the world was created by a supernatural being, we (humans) can de…
04 Nov 1999, 17:56
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There's a section in the text which I think of in reference to the science vs. fantasy nature of TBoTNS: Citadel Chapter 17 "Ragnorok The Final Winter", Ash is speaking: "The dis…
02 Nov 1999, 19:42
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