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(Yah, I's been quiet. I's been busy. OTOH, I did have a chance to read lots of Nietzsche, and find a few parallels, only one striking one) In _On the Uses and Disadvantages of H…
03 Dec 1998, 09:35
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Ugh. a thought occured to me. What if Dorcas isn't the right body for the mind? What is Sev subsconsciously filled in "Cas's" memories as the boatkeeper had related them (note Do…
09 Oct 1998, 09:25
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They never go there to be healed, but it doesn't necesarily follow that they wouldn't drop off a child (though it seems more likely that they'd hand it over to the witches. Maybe …
07 Oct 1998, 20:28
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Two things-- Magic in Urth is very very limited, and for all intents and purposes does not exist (according to Wolfe) the Declan duel Wolfe describes as more psionic and hypnoyic t…
05 Oct 1998, 22:26
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While reading through some Augustine, I came across this tidbit. While it seems to have little direct connection, Bathanarius does serve a similar purpose as Baldanders, showing S…
04 Oct 1998, 21:16
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In one of the AEs, (Aes??) -mantis- had a paragraph about the transit-time of the WF-- I don't understand there being a question here. We know that the WF was pre-made and already…
03 Oct 1998, 16:20
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Sev's acceptance into the Stone Town has quite a few ramifications that are important later in the book-- strengthening the Conciliator myth, which allows Sev in Typhon's time to b…
03 Oct 1998, 16:15
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You see, it is really Severians Sabretache of Super-Storing. For a description, see "Heward's Handy Haversack" in old D&D material. What did he keep in it, anyway? The Claw unti…
30 Sep 1998, 22:56
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mantis, you've already seen this, but as I don't have my books nearby and the list is as quiet as a convent, I figured I'd post it: Last time I reread TBotNS, this passage in Claw…
21 Sep 1998, 19:35
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I had always taken this to show Sev believed that the sailors (Gunnie, etc.) were the Adams and Eves of Ushas, though looking again, hm. Another one of Wolfe's highly compacted se…
04 Sep 1998, 09:49
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(Ooops, sorry for the double-post yesterday, e-mail problem on my end.) ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Camfield "GriffJon" |Webmaster…
31 Aug 1998, 11:00
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I took this (and their appearance in the time of Apu-Punchau, as well) as time perception vs. time reality. Sev met the three for his first time at Baldander's Castle, and since t…
30 Aug 1998, 15:11
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Apart from messing with a lot of the plot (of course, the plot as understood by the characters within the stories as explined to them by various scientists who might have had their…
05 Aug 1998, 12:51
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