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haven't read every msg. has anyone noted the parallels between the asteriod in memorare, with gene at its centre, and the emerald city, with oz at its centre? the denizens of each …
11 Feb 2009, 07:44
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Neither Fr. Houdek nor Fr. Phil believed in confession, but Chris says it's good for the soul. Ostensibly, that is why he compiles these memoirs, but the actions they describe are …
05 May 2008, 23:39
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finally got around to pf. Or maybe his last name is Moltisanti. bee…
05 May 2008, 22:42
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just read cormac mccarthy's first novel, 'the orchard keeper.' the main (?) character's name is ather ownby. pretty similar to able's real name in TWK. bee…
26 Sep 2007, 08:49
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just adding to the list of caves... doesn't someone wind up living in one at the end of the changeling? either the changeling himself or the narrator? it's on an island and there a…
09 Jun 2007, 09:15
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You may be onto something here, Matty. Caves also pop up in Fifth Head. My memory of Fifth Head has degraded somewhat, but I think that the mythological abo (Sandwalker?) made a pi…
06 Jun 2007, 09:15
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yes. i'm back, anyway. busy as usual. do we have an ETA for Wizard? bee…
16 Sep 2004, 01:50
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nice story. new story, no? s p o i l e r at first i thought "why does the bookseller have to be black?" it wasn't until the story was over that i figured out it was because…
15 Apr 2003, 09:58
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Remember that Wolfe has claimed TBOTNS is a story of a young man (Severian) searching for love. The women he desires offer, at best, (platonic) shadows of the divine love that he r…
27 Sep 2002, 09:52
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'skun' This seems to be the only made-up word in the story. Why? I do not know. '(The natives) speak for a long time when they have begun' and the narrator is also 'unable to con…
19 Sep 2001, 10:04
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evidence summarised below: http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/R24652-28994-/Network-News/bionet/cellbiol/9310 .newsm bee…
25 Jun 2001, 09:27
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When Horn's soul was transferred to Silk's body, "(his) hands and arms and face and neck were all bleeding, and an old, worn knife covered with blood was by (his) hand. There was n…
14 Feb 2001, 11:01
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Tony Ellis is correct. Death's sentence refers to the fact that Tackman is in fact a fictional character. However, there is another interpretation that I think is also correct. No…
21 Apr 2000, 09:59
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Finally got my hands on OBW! Does Krait, a naturally base creature, atone for his original sin (sucking blood) by helping others? Does Horn/Silk shrive him? Is that when he divulg…
09 Dec 1999, 20:55
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I declined, but if any of you are feeling flush... bee…
23 May 1998, 22:32
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A while back I noticed that "God's fingers" are mentioned in two of Gene's latest stories. Re-reading "The Eyeflash Miracles" last week, I noticed that they crop up there too. Orig…
11 Nov 1997, 13:31
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Recently visited my local sf shop, found a couple of Wolfe things. "Counting Cats in Zanzibar" and "Try and Kill It" are two short stories published in Asimov's last year. Another,…
08 May 1997, 10:12
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Much obliged, mantis. The only other one I know about is an article that appeared in a fantasy journal circa 91 about self-reference in one of the "other stories" from the The Isla…
23 Feb 1997, 11:23
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Advance apologies for lack of LONG SUN content. Previously, someone mentioned literary criticism of Wolfe. Has anyone ever compiled a bibliography of Wolfe criticism? One puzzle fr…
22 Feb 1997, 14:43
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Been lurking awhile. Have read most Wolfe thanks to rave review of SHADOW in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. LONG SUN certainly is full of puzzles/half-baked ideas. Ever s…
21 Feb 1997, 16:38
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