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Gene, Originally I assumed the Enlightenments of Silk were like the invasions of the Dreammaster in "The Detective of Dreams"; i.e., direct actions by God. On the other hand, per…
14 May 1997, 09:31
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Mantis, or whoever: I have the new Broken Mirrors Bibliomen. "Broken Mirrors" is right, since there are typos in everything they do! In "Gertrude S. 'Spinning Jenny' DePlatta," …
14 May 1997, 09:20
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Just a couple of quickies in response to two different posts: 1. It is no surprise if Catholicism exists 200 billion years in the future, as far as Wolfe is concerned. It is the …
09 May 1997, 17:08
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At 03:11 PM 4/13/97 -0400, you wrote (on Whorl list): A gnostic universe. My conclusion exactly the first time I read the original 4. (Want my evidence?) When I re-read them, I r…
16 Apr 1997, 15:44
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Urth/Briah is an oscillating universe preceding our particular oscillation. That is why Severian's book can (somehow) survive and be translated by Wolfe. Wolfe is assuming that ea…
16 Apr 1997, 14:31
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Sure, but where does the Fisher King motif itself come from? Lewis's book is not only an answer to Wells's "Time Machine," but also a thoughtful expansion of Genesis 2-3. The Messi…
04 Apr 1997, 22:27
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Oh, well good ole Mantis has it as one option in his Q&DGTTLSW. I just want to assure him that this is certainly the correct option. Khresmos - oracle. The "e" is the long "e", th…
03 Apr 1997, 23:38
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Having receive Mantis's latest three pamphlets (which you should all get): 1. On history of Urth. I still have not found the passage I remember about the flipping of Urth on her …
03 Apr 1997, 00:03
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At 07:57 PM 3/13/97 +0000, Joshua Solomon wrote about Nessus. Nessus is Buenos Aires. Say "Nos Aires" fast ten times. Location is part of the evidence, but so is the fact that Bl…
13 Mar 1997, 17:34
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You may be onto something with that last sentence. Re-read Blood's death at the end of the last chapter of Book 3. Silk says, "Why should men like you be free to do whatever you wi…
13 Mar 1997, 11:27
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Dear Mr. Driussi, 1. I like your book. I think you may be wrong in a couple of places, but I need to see your updates (which I shall order). (Well, we all KNOW that you HAVE to b…
12 Mar 1997, 13:22
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AN inhumi! AHA! Maybe there are more than one? Maybe Quetzal is indeed a "converted" inhumi, and thus his alliance with Silk? Maybe.... Those re-reading the quartet can do us a fa…
16 Jan 1997, 13:16
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Ossipagans, Re-reading the last two chapters of volume three of the Book of the Long Sun, in preparation for volume four, I suddenly realized that Father Silk is not only a good …
04 Dec 1996, 18:28
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Interaction: 'ishsh -- The Trivigaunti high tongue is arabic-derived. 'ish is semitic (Hebrew) for "man". I cannot recall where in Exodus this shows up. If someone can remind me o…
03 Dec 1996, 23:50
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