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Aw, man! I don't know! Gimmeabreak! I've read the Urth novels thrice, but I did not take notes. I dimly recall it from the alzabo feast when Severian eats Thecla and brings her ba…
17 Mar 1997, 19:33
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At 11:56 AM 3/15/97 -0500, you wrote: Concerning Nessus: No, I don't recall Gene's having told me that. I've assumed it from the beginning, and have never questioned it. We are …
17 Mar 1997, 11:44
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Yesyesyes. I was going by memory. I was thinking of the Sargent essay. Apologies to Miesel and any of her friends. JBJordan Questions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.best.com…
14 Mar 1997, 06:43
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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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The new edition of "Bibliomen" includes a chapter on Gaiman (or pseudo-Gaiman)! BTW, lots of us Chesterton-lovers had noticed Father Brown in "Nightside" on our own. So there! J…
10 Mar 1997, 18:13
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At 08:03 PM 2/23/97 -0500, you wrote: Chesterton's Father Oh, there can be no doubt but that "Nightside" is "Father Brown in Space"! And, Silk as a whole is rather Brownish. On…
10 Mar 1997, 18:10
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See also "The Hero as Werewolf." I asked Gene about the foot wound and possible connection to Genesis 3. He said he had not thought of it in connection with "Werewolf," but I did …
10 Mar 1997, 17:59
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In both the Severian Quintet and in the Long Sun Quartet Wolfe gives us a central character who is slowly working his way out of a bad beginning. In Silk's case, it is idolatry. Sl…
11 Feb 1997, 11:00
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I don't think so. The question has been raised whether Severian is a trustworthy narrator. If we cannot trust Severian, then the whole story falls apart, since there is no way to c…
25 Jan 1997, 10:42
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This goes back to the Tower of Babel, where God did the same thing for the same basic reason. Pas is a counterfeit of God. JBJordan Questions or problems to whorl-owner at lists.be…
23 Jan 1997, 16:25
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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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Point taken. Again, good point. That would not seem to work with "Fifth Head," which depends on a contrast between shape-shifters, true humans, and clones. My own thought wou…
18 Dec 1996, 20:20
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Not sure. My dictionary gives "swastika" as equivalent of "gammadion." Silk's cross has corners that he can us to carve with. If I read you correctly, this is not one of the trad…
18 Dec 1996, 19:39
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Yes, you can. Wolfe told me that he used to be a Buckley-type conservative, but has become broader in his thinking over the years. He said, "I'm big on freedom, and we have lost a …
09 Dec 1996, 13:49
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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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