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Okay, Okay! This is Nutria, at last. My server has been broken, and only today have I read all of Alga's challenges to me! Now I have all these posts to respond to! I'll try to e…
09 Aug 1997, 10:52
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Mantis, Well, I'd completely overlooked the fairy connection with changeling, swapping babies, etc. Sounds exactly right to me. I'll have to read it yet again. Soon I'll have it …
26 Jul 1997, 15:56
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Westwind is a pretty loaded with symbolism, more or less specific. The inn is the church. The message from the Ruler is the reading of scripture. The potential message from the…
26 Jul 1997, 15:53
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In terms of my other post, which suggests that "The Changeling" is largely about the Catholic Church, perhaps Ernie Cotha is supposed to be a Polish name, to go with the Italian Pa…
22 Jul 1997, 23:53
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Mantis et al., Let's go with Mantis's implied suggestion, and use "Pete" for Peter Palmer, and "Peter" for Peter Palmieri. The observations that follow are grist for the mill, an…
22 Jul 1997, 23:46
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"The Changling" continues to be a mystery to me, but maybe Mantis or Alga knows something, or has read something, or someone else has caught some clews I've missed. Here goes: In…
16 Jul 1997, 00:18
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Yeh, lotsa Proust in Wolfe. I guess my question is: Is there a fantasy element in "Suzanne Delage," and if so, where is it? The story feels like *Peace,* so it is probably a ghost…
15 Jul 1997, 08:23
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Comments: We know that Gene believes ghosts are real. I think we would be best advised to say that Pike's ghost is ... a ghost. Now, I suspect that Gene conceives of a ghost as …
11 Jul 1997, 20:13
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If I'm right (hey, who knows?), Kyle has been doing a lot of lying. But Skip claims to have died on the mother ship, so if Kyle did it (or arranged for it -- I note that Skip does …
08 Jul 1997, 00:32
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A bit more: Skip is from skipper, which he should be, but isn't, because the robots are. KUL 23011. I don't have a complete Greek dictionary, but like "aris," we should see if "…
03 Jul 1997, 21:30
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I'll bite. For one thing, the pregnant woman is named Marilyn, for Mary. For another, it seems that humanity is now ruled by machines (the Director and Kyle, for instance). That…
03 Jul 1997, 21:13
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At 09:23 AM 7/1/97 -0400, you wrote: NUTRIA: Gimmeabreak! Was Shakespeare writing tracts instead of plays, because he ALGA:>This does not parse. I took you as writing that if…
01 Jul 1997, 17:43
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Good. My memory has not completely gone. (At 47, you never know...). I knew I remembered a post on this, but could not find it. So, the good old OED has them. I could have guessed…
01 Jul 1997, 17:34
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Gimmeabreak! Was Shakespeare writing tracts instead of plays, because he had messages for the monarchs? Well, there are two questions here: 1. Is there a "Jesus Christ" in the U…
30 Jun 1997, 17:11
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On Moses: Way back at the beginning I submitted a long list of gospel parallels to the Silk narrative. I believe the list could easily be lengthened. Of course, there are other t…
30 Jun 1997, 16:59
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Ignore previous post on Exodus and Deuteronomy. Nutria (If you thought it was funny, okay.)…
26 Jun 1997, 15:36
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You mean the last chapter of Deuteronomy. Nutria…
26 Jun 1997, 15:35
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Discussion transferred from Whorl list. Whoa! Agia refers to the Theoanthropos in 1:21. Also, in that chapter the woman missionary (Marie - Mary) is reading from the Urth equival…
25 Jun 1997, 01:30
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I think you are largely right. Wolfe tends to write horror stories, and thus writes critically of things he regards as destructive to human life. I think the way to take the confla…
25 Jun 1997, 00:43
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Sorry. E-mailish briefitudinousness overcame me. The castle clearly varies according to perspective: for some it is a spaceship; just as the wild ride/hunt is perceived differently…
24 Jun 1997, 07:07
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Yes, and remember that when she tries to pray, all she can do is recite recipes rather than the Lord's Prayer or the Rosary! But Wolfe is going to say that, yes, she has her proble…
20 Jun 1997, 00:14
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I think this is often the case. A fairly clear example is There Are Doors. My initial reading took Lara/Laura and the whole World of Woman in a very negative way. I now think that …
20 Jun 1997, 00:05
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Dear Alga, I don't want to get into an Alga-Nutria war, but once again I need to bring in Gene's own statement, to me, that Severian is not a Christ figure but a Christian figure…
19 Jun 1997, 23:38
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INNOVATION Comix started serializing "The Shadow of the Torturer" about six years ago. I got the first three. I don't think any more were ever done. This comic line also did some o…
19 Jun 1997, 09:58
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Well, I sure won't burn at the stake for my thinking here! But in Christian theology, both Church and Antichurch are the same place. Roman Catholic theologians will say that just a…
18 Jun 1997, 13:56
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Nope. I'll bet you're completely wrong. The Order for Seekers of Truth and Penitence is (tada!) the Christian Church, or the Catholic Church. Silk is a member of it in the prop…
16 Jun 1997, 18:05
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U rote: In his interview with me, available over on Paul Duggan's Wolfe Page, Gene said that he is quite a Lewis fan. Influence is, thus, quite possible. Only the first book bet…
13 Jun 1997, 14:14
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List (especially Mantis, who can probably answer this in his sleep): Gene said that his favorite stories are "Detective of Dreams" and "Westwind," which stands to reason since (a…
08 Jun 1997, 21:58
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I guess I missed it, so: Where does one obtain this book of platinum in the US? Nutria…
06 Jun 1997, 18:41
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Aw shucks, Mantis, I was just writing in the vain of "copy editor must die!" I do appreciate Qranque, not just for Wolfe but also for the Blaylock (another author eye enjoy). BTW,…
15 May 1997, 09:06
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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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WAKE! for the Golden Cat has put to flight The Mouse of Darkness with his Paw of Light: Which means, in Plain and simple every-day Unoriental Speech -- The Dawn is bright. The say…
08 May 1997, 12:32
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I think Fitzgerald is regarded as having so paraphrased the Rubaiyat that he is virtually the author of his "translation." That may be all that Wolfe had in mind. Of course, at th…
08 May 1997, 01:37
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1. Cygnus is one of the decans of Aquarius. It is in the north, but if the Urth flipped.... 2. The planets have other names in the Urth of Severian's day. Perhaps the constellati…
22 Apr 1997, 14:36
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The question is: Is it possible for the gods to do this away from Mainframe? Can they do it once their hosts leave the Whorl? My guess is "no." Do we have any information to lead u…
22 Apr 1997, 02:19
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The question is: Is it possible for the gods to do this away from Mainframe? Can they do it once their hosts leave the Whorl? My guess is "no." Do we have any information to lead u…
22 Apr 1997, 02:19
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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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I submit that lots of mysteries remain, because Wolfe is not through with Severian. We clearly have not arrived at the end of his life. Wolfe says tht Severian is on a search for T…
16 Apr 1997, 14:45
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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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I think Castleview is "about" perception. The various houses, castles, spaceships, etc. may all be the same thing (the Winnebago). The "wild ride" is perceived differently by vario…
16 Apr 1997, 14:26
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Worship has degrees, esp. in Roman Catholicism. Gene is very clear that Severian is not a Christ figure, but a Christian figure. Is Severian really the one true and original Concil…
09 Apr 1997, 22:40
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Hope you like plastic! :-) Or is this a pet mouse.... I'd say it is God and the Church, the Mother of believers and Bride of Christ. Not only does this work with theology, speci…
07 Apr 1997, 00:03
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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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Me want all three. I'll send you $8.00 when you confirm. James B. Jordan 318 - 17th St. Niceville, FL 32578 I have a photocopier, and if you get too many orders and need some cop…
24 Mar 1997, 13:44
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De Nessum atque Algam: Well, certainly the culture of the Autarky is Byzantine, and that would support you. I noticed all kinds of allusions to gnosticism also, and originally as…
18 Mar 1997, 14:25
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Mantis, Oh, yeah. Wolfe loves Vance. He told me nothing of Vance's should ever go out of print. Probably an exaggeration. I agree regarding perspective re: Dune and Norstrilia.…
18 Mar 1997, 14:15
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