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Matthew King skrev: I think I have all mails since Februrary 2004 saved. Would any of those be of interest? // Jesper…
22 Jan 2008, 23:23
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2007/6/28, Roy C. Lackey <rclackey at stic.net>: I don't think he's a boy robot based on the part you quote below: "Either the Robinsons could not have a child of their own, or w…
28 Jun 2007, 10:12
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JWillard skrev: While Wolfe has said that he has read Nabokov, I seem to remember that he also said that he first read him very late in his life (that is, after he found his own…
07 Jun 2007, 11:38
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JBarach at aol.com skrev: There will be a hardcover too. UK publisher often publish hardcovers and trade paperbacks at the same time, where the paperbacks seem to be aimed for t…
13 May 2007, 10:44
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James Wynn skrev: I see fantasy literature as a world building genre (that is, where the construction of the world and its nature is of interest (much like sf)) with magical, my…
16 Apr 2007, 22:25
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Nathan Spears skrev: So what? The fantasy tradition existed before Tolkien. It is undeniable that he has made a bigger impression on it than any other writer, but the types of s…
16 Apr 2007, 21:57
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don doggett skrev: It strikes me as very weird to define the book after what it tries to be rather than what it is. The fact is that when you look at what kind of story it is, i…
16 Apr 2007, 21:05
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brunians at brunians.org skrev: Well, I haven't read the book, but from what I'v read of it there seems to be elves, evil overlords, dragons and orcs in it, so I don't think tha…
16 Apr 2007, 12:27
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don doggett skrev: In what way is it not fantasy? It's set in a world that's different from ours and is filled with magic and stuff, right? Both the type of literature and the w…
16 Apr 2007, 09:23
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stilskin skrev: Well, I sort of agree with him. But then, I've always prefered fantasy to realistic literature. // Jesper…
13 Apr 2007, 15:33
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Andy Robertson skrev: "The Blue Mouse" comes off as being fairly close ideologically to Starship Troopers, doesn't it? // Jesper…
13 Apr 2007, 11:21
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James Machin skrev: The mountains in the background aren't the same as in the original (they look like they're taken from some other Pennington picture though). Cool stuff. Make…
16 Feb 2007, 20:30
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Fred Kiesche skrev: Locus Online now lists _Pirate Freedom_ as a september 2007 release. // Jesper…
29 Nov 2006, 22:51
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James Machin skrev: But BotNS is pulpy! It's just that it's really, really well written pulp. The best BotNS cover is still the old British cover for The Shadow of the Torturer b…
24 Nov 2006, 14:55
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Andy Robertson skrev: Well, right. I'm just suggesting that Wolfe might be reworking a Van Vogtian (or similar) story of dawning Godhood in a Judaeo-Christian context. I other w…
07 Sep 2006, 22:38
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Andy Robertson skrev: _The Book of Ptath_ is set in a far future earth (it has also been published under the title _Two Hundred Million A.D._) where civilization has regressed ,…
07 Sep 2006, 18:56
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Andy Robertson skrev: I read Van Vogt's _The Book of Ptath_ a few years back, and it struck me as very similar to BotNS, both in it's mixture of far future sf and mythical eleme…
07 Sep 2006, 14:47
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2006/8/19, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com>: I would also suggest that it serves to make the narrative seem dream-like. // Jesper…
19 Aug 2006, 21:56
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Michael Straight skrev: This might be "Trip, Trap", found in _Storeys from the Old Hotel_. I haven't got the collection with me at the moment, but I seem to remember it being to…
02 Jun 2006, 17:26
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Roy C. Lackey skrev: This is what I'm talking about when I want to separate theory from fact. You are right that in some (perhaps many) cases, it isn't clear where the line goes…
10 May 2006, 09:31
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Hm, you seem to have recieved my original mail, but I didn't get a copy. Strange. Anyway, I apologize for the double posting. maru dubshinki skrev: OK, after looking around Wiki…
10 May 2006, 09:18
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[I tried to send this mail last night, but I'm sending it again since it doesn't seem to have arrived yet.] I have a few thoughts on how the Wiki should be structured. - There…
10 May 2006, 07:25
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I have a few thoughts on how the Wiki should be structured. - There should be a bibliography on all stories and books with a synopsis and publishing history. A standardized for…
09 May 2006, 22:17
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So, do we know approximately how big _The Wizard Knight_ will be in the end? I remember that someone quoted Wolfe a while back, when he was still working on the first draft, as s…
11 Jan 2003, 23:49
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Well, how gnostic must a boook be to be called gnostic? There are many books that are more or less inspired by gnostic concepts and there are also books that are inspired by things…
13 May 2001, 22:57
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The odd thing is that we don't seem to have a concept of Lapland witches here in Sweden. It's probably one of those things that are more common the further away from the real thing…
28 Apr 2001, 23:00
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Yup, it's the right Jack. _The Lauging Magician_ is an omnibus consisting of _Eyes of the Overworld_ and _Cugel's Saga_. Unless you're into collecting books, i recommend buying t…
02 May 2000, 16:30
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I won't argue about taste but I just want to say that I'm not Don Maitz' greatest fan either, his BotNS covers range from good (the two that Orb uses on the omnibuses) to pretty ho…
26 Mar 2000, 18:00
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Redeems himself? That cover easily plants itelf on my "worst cover ever" list, it's amazingly ugly, his _OB'sW_ cover is much nicer. I think they should use Pennington's old Shadow…
25 Mar 2000, 12:56
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The only thing I've read by Calvino is _The Tree Baron_ (title? the original was _Il Barone Rapante_ anyway) and the first few pages of _Invisible Cities_. I'd say that Wolfe has m…
23 Feb 2000, 18:35
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