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I'm not sure I understand what you are saying Jeff. Especially about the COnfederacy family. Are there racial or religious issues I am unaware of? Am I being told to drop what work…
11 Jan 2011, 02:27
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Sorry for the misquote. All my fault..carelessness I think. Still I like my way of quoting. WOrks best for me and avoids a lot of clutter. Only in terms of accomplishing my goal…
10 Jan 2011, 23:07
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First, let me say, Dan't that I think we are essentially on the same page on all accounts. What I post in response to others is not exactly what I would post to you. Each deserves …
10 Jan 2011, 21:42
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Perhaps, but remember I am not bringing up these terms myself, only responding to the accusations of other people using these terms. I would add literary and other sorts of allu…
10 Jan 2011, 20:05
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"I played again with pebbles in the courtyard beside the fallen curtain wall, as Thecla dodged the hooves of my father's mounted guard." Jeff Wilson: .."extraordinary" identity…
10 Jan 2011, 18:28
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Okay..I think. I don't think we have much common ground but at least we are communicating that we disagree? Actually there is. I will quote the godfather of the laws of conducting…
10 Jan 2011, 18:05
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So, with a hint like that and 30+ years to figure it out....what/who is it? (I've already submitted my guess)…
10 Jan 2011, 15:54
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I think this is a very good analysis. And it is not only relevant to SF and brain-eating characters. We all have childhood and youthful memories and we all know what it is like to …
10 Jan 2011, 13:01
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Superficially this is true but I'll try to explain why this misses the essence of what art is. It comes down to something like Cartesian dualism or the "mind-body" problem if you w…
10 Jan 2011, 10:06
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If you have been reading my posts and are aware of my background in science and academia, then perhaps you can realize the rudeness of your question. But I will answer now as I wou…
09 Jan 2011, 12:36
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I think this is a good observation. Inhumi have less shape-shifting ability than abos. They retain fangs and claws and must use optical illusion to complete their imitation of hum…
09 Jan 2011, 11:46
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I mean "translated" in the sense of using your interpretation that abos are not human but instead shapeshifting aliens. Since you have sneered at Star Trek in the past I'm sure yo…
09 Jan 2011, 04:30
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I didn't find the passage but I wonder if there is only one voice here, from one male/female figure. In other words, The Outsider, who is the God of Wine, like Dionysus, the herma…
09 Jan 2011, 03:23
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I don't claim to "know". But that's the question of identity which is being raised, I think- is a clone a "completely different woman"? The face of all these Catherine-versions see…
09 Jan 2011, 03:16
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Well, depends on how many "Catherines" there are. Borrowing from the Dave Tallman theory, perhaps there are at least 4, the Contessa Carina and her three cloned (and beheaded) maid…
08 Jan 2011, 19:49
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No argument with Craig from me. Could the missing adjective be "supernatural"?…
08 Jan 2011, 14:49
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Andrew Mason:> Might I suggest an alternative view that may have a similar import - I'm okay with this scenario. But I'm not sure it is necesary. My general idea or "theory" is…
08 Jan 2011, 14:39
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Both I guess. Even the some of the simplest people on earth can arrive at the conclusion:"We'll just have to agree to disagree". Insistance on self-rightness under those condition…
08 Jan 2011, 08:26
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I am not bent out of shape though you may be fooled into thinking so; I retain full elasticity, I assure you. Perhaps you are bent out of shape because I disagree with your method…
08 Jan 2011, 08:15
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Insightful comparison, Marc. Well, I think the idea is supported with what we see happen with Auk and Tartaros. I'll say this: I think Wolfe takes a different approach in the S…
08 Jan 2011, 07:52
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I am not familiar. I can tell you that I am not particularly a fan of absurdist or existential literature. I generally like there to be some answer or conclusion to a story. But I …
08 Jan 2011, 07:37
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Nice try, guys but...you are wrong. I know the definition of "priggish" and I know priggish behavior when I see it and so do you. Any attempt to justify it is silly and transpare…
08 Jan 2011, 06:35
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in one way or another is translated, like BotNS. Why is the name "John" used? Indeed a good question, in my opinion. I take the most fantastic view and that is that Shadow Childr…
07 Jan 2011, 21:21
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Andrew I care very very much about what Gene Wolfe intended his readers to understand. So much so that I have devoted a lot of hours of study to obscure aspects of mythology and th…
07 Jan 2011, 21:07
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Antonio Pedro Marques: I suppose 'macaque' would be too far off to be usable. Heh! Too specific actually. There is broad ranging monkey group called macaques which must be distin…
07 Jan 2011, 20:55
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I disagree. When you tell someone else they are wrong it means you either think they are: 1. ignorant- i.e. they do not have access to the full range of information necessary …
07 Jan 2011, 20:50
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Heh. Only if they have tails. And the only way to know that is to use the ultimate arbiter of Wolfean factuality- cover art.…
07 Jan 2011, 20:41
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FWIW, my 02/100 worth is that readability/comprehensibility is the most important issue. I consider everyone here authors, of a sort, and thus artists. I'd prefer a bit of artistic…
07 Jan 2011, 20:36
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LMAO. Good one Mark! I could haggle over differences between the Commonwealth and Blue but I won't risk the possibility of diluting such an excellent response!…
07 Jan 2011, 18:55
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Hah! Excellent riff on the "bounce" metaphor Ryan! Not me. Gerry used the example of an apparently insane theory which involved Daleks to make his point. The thing is, nobody her…
07 Jan 2011, 18:49
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Gerry, if you re-read the section I think you will realize it says the spacemen extended their hands in a greeting *even they did not know* (but Wolfe tells us) originated as a sig…
07 Jan 2011, 18:27
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Oh sheesh, Antonio. I thought this thread was exhausted. I'll do my best to address your questions, hopefully without straying too far, too long from Gene Wolfe stuff. Heh, well, …
07 Jan 2011, 18:06
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Well, to clarify further, if I'm watching TV and a chimpanzee is shown and somebody says, "oh what a cute monkey!" I may or may not say, "ape, actually", depending on who is speaki…
07 Jan 2011, 15:26
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Well, the primate order includes prosimians (lemurs, pottos, etc.) and simians which are monkeys and apes (and humans depending on how you want to divide). There is a significant …
07 Jan 2011, 14:21
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Tony first, I hope to clarify that your theory is that while Shadow Children are aliens, you propose that abos are fully (in descent as well as appearance) human. Yes? My own in…
07 Jan 2011, 14:05
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I retract this. I was thinking about how one of the monkeys associated with Father Inire's name, Inuus sylvanus, is commonly called the Barbary Ape because, though clearly a monkey…
07 Jan 2011, 13:29
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I think we have another example of personal experience biasing interpretation. For me, being a reptile MEANS internal fertilization and terrestrial eggs. That was their major evol…
07 Jan 2011, 08:37
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Here's the thing..I'm not the only one who has adjusted to the older technology of the list and set up a dummy email account which I almost never access. I only use it when someone…
07 Jan 2011, 08:15
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Actually, I am much more firmly in Jane Delawney's camp. I don't think there can be a true establishment of "correctness" when it comes to fiction. By its nature, fiction, especial…
07 Jan 2011, 08:06
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Well, if it was just "Africa" that might hint at the evolutionary origin of primates, including humanity. But Gondwanaland predates the evolution of primates (I had to look that up…
07 Jan 2011, 01:46
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I don't think you read Borski correctly. Think of him an a jewish-american version of Gerrry Quinn and you will understand him better, I think. Some people simply refuse to embrace…
07 Jan 2011, 01:25
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A very good theory, in my opinion. I think David S. must agree since he suggested something similar recently. I like it especially because it relates both to WOlfe's professed beli…
06 Jan 2011, 21:31
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Sorry I had to change subject lines on you for that one David! But funny. Speaking of Golden Age Pulp, is anyone familiar with an SF short story which features an alien planet …
06 Jan 2011, 21:14
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Amen on that, my brother! Generally I think Borski is a very smart, very literate guy with a great familiarity with Gene Wolfe. I think he takes a number of wrong steps here and…
06 Jan 2011, 20:50
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Gerry Quinn: Colourful? You haven't seen colourful yet! I fear what you mean by that. Yes. I hope it is understood that my responses to your posts are not really designed to di…
06 Jan 2011, 20:39
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Interestingly the thread has morphed from one interview question about Blue/Green/Urth to a different interview about 5HoC. A lot of focus has been placed on the WOlfe quote th…
06 Jan 2011, 18:59
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Ah..MAYBE NOW I get what Tony is getting at. Maybe. If there was a long ago crash of a human starship on Ste. Anne, those humans (or maybe single human?) were imitated by Shadows…
06 Jan 2011, 14:25
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The elephant in the room for me still remains: Veil's Hypothesis. Gerry has used some rather colorful adjectives to describe his opinion of its veracity and those who might conside…
06 Jan 2011, 14:10
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David, do you mean it would be more accurate to say VRT was doing his best to BE an anthropologist? If so, I certainly understand your drift in the greater theme of things. I'd s…
06 Jan 2011, 13:32
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Sounds right. Perhaps we could add that, as for the stories of Halvard, Foila and Loyal to the Group of 17, the story also reveals life in the environment of the story teller. …
06 Jan 2011, 01:06
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