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I think Roy and Tony covered everything pretty well. I went searching through the books a little while ago to try to find support some of the things we've been talking about, and …
23 Dec 2007, 13:51
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It could also be a tomb fashioned by the "original" Severian, the Severian who failed the test in UotNS, went back in time, and modified events (e.g. sending Juturna to rescue his …
18 Dec 2007, 21:35
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That's a good question, and I have to admit that I was too lazy after reading it to go back and try to figure it out. Is it safe to assume that at least some of the journal is rea…
18 Dec 2007, 21:04
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There's a conversation with Wolfe about Soldier of Sidon on Sci Fi Wire: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=43474 Not a ton of new content there, but there's a few inter…
24 Aug 2007, 15:46
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I just looked back at this part. My best guess is that he stops himself from further contrasting the current time with the past. He begins the sentence with "Here," which I figur…
28 Jun 2007, 15:14
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And one more note on names: Julianne says her father the chef gave her her name. I'm guessing it's a pun on julienne. "Julienning is a method of food preparation in which the foo…
26 Jun 2007, 21:55
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Roberta, Robber, Rover, and the Robinsons all have "Ro" names. Julianne is the only exception. I wonder if there's anything to that? --Joel…
26 Jun 2007, 21:35
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Yeah, same here. It definitely has some dark undertones. I get the following out of it so far (SPOILERS AHEAD): - Robots are at the same time perfect (and more convenient), but …
26 Jun 2007, 19:45
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Ooh! Echoes of Silk giving his eye to Pig. In fact, that seems like a very good match. --Joel…
19 Jun 2007, 20:27
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I enjoyed those, too. I felt like Wolfe using Neil Gaiman's world and characters was a little gimmicky, but it didn't wreck my enjoyment of the stories. I think I liked Bluesberr…
15 Jun 2007, 14:08
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Let's try that again. That will teach me to use bleeding edge technology (Safari win beta)! I got started with BotNS, and that's what hooked me. However, some of the people I've…
15 Jun 2007, 13:43
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I got started with BotNS, and that's what hooked me. However, some of the people I've recommended it to couldn't get past Shadow & Claw. I don't think I'd recommend a collection …
15 Jun 2007, 13:36
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At first, I was somewhat embarrassed at bringing up D&D on this list, seeing how it was somewhat offtopic and derailed the conversation from matters of Wolfe. However, a lot of in…
10 Jun 2007, 02:04
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Learned about Vance a few years ago from this list, but just started Tales of the Dying Earth. It's fun so far. It doesn't have the complexity of Wolfe's writing, but the languag…
05 Jun 2007, 14:34
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Yeah, it's been posted. Sorry about that. And it makes sense that they "get it," being that the essays were featured in the F&SF Wolfe appreciation issue. --Joel…
02 Jun 2007, 19:03
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On the subject of Wolfe essays, a friend sent me a link to Neil Gaiman's blog, where he linked to an essay he wrote about how to read Gene Wolfe. He also links to some other short…
02 Jun 2007, 18:47
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So it goes with all forms of media nowadays, even video games. Some video game gems are relegated to cult status, either because they are developed by a small company without the …
02 Jun 2007, 18:34
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I'm glad I came back to read this thread after checking out that article. It left me cold, and I was hoping I wasn't the only one. New Sun is what got me into GW, and I discovered…
01 Jun 2007, 20:08
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