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Haven't seen anyone post in a while - I wanted to send out a test here and update everyone on some progress on one of my last two writeups, Anyone who hasn't should join the Gene W…
09 Jan 2019, 16:48
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I am teaching a 400 level mythology course this semester and as I was preparing to teach the chapter in our book on Ovid this textual side note caught me by surprise: “the name [ L…
01 Oct 2018, 23:37
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Here is my writeup on A borrowed man - two to go (land across, evil guest). https://pastebin.com/3Ph363VX…
29 Sep 2018, 19:27
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Here is my essay on Wizard Knight. I opted for exhaustiveness in the second to last section rather than brevity, so that the patterns become, hopefully, obvious.This was one writeu…
01 Jul 2018, 06:51
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This was tough. Late Wolfe is way trickier than I would like him to be for my peace of mind. I suggest readers who want a head start on this and have not stayed up to date on my po…
02 Jun 2018, 02:07
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I was hung up on who Goldwurm was ... Wolfe did a number on us. There are three spirits with three manifestations. The Kikimora, Knecht Ruprecht (Robin Goodfellow/The Devil) and ..…
23 May 2018, 01:05
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So there are a few things that didn’t add up in the conclusion of the sorcerer’s house. One is the funeral of skotos with three guests - one of them is Mr Black, who Bax concludes …
21 May 2018, 15:29
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So ... I am almost done with the Sorcerer's House writeup, but Gene has doubled down on obscurity here. As those who have read the book know, a spectral horse appears in the same c…
04 May 2018, 14:11
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I also believe that Wolfe's works are self-contained and separate for the most part, but as I was trying to work through the significance of a dream in "A Borrowed Man" I think per…
29 Mar 2018, 13:37
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I am still working on the Wizard Knight writeup because I am striving for the optimum organization in order to be as convincing as possible. I will set this up far more carefully i…
29 Mar 2018, 13:00
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Here are the write-ups for Latro in the Mist and Soldier of Sidon. They are very long because they are meant to serve as annotated commentaries in the absence of annotated editions…
24 Mar 2018, 20:11
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One of the neat things about Wolfe involves his precise use of symbolism. In Sorcerer's House Bax notes that when he lines up three symbols which resemble fish on the triannulus, a…
19 Feb 2018, 19:58
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In the 23rd letter, a lot happens in Sorcerer's House. One of the biggest is the appearance of Kiki who tells Bax that someone is in the back with him. This is also the chapter we …
07 Jan 2018, 01:45
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When George finally shows up at the reading of the will, urban trelawny pulls a gun on him and George says go ahead do it shoot me. When Bax enters his basement he breaks down a do…
06 Jan 2018, 17:18
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On lake Brompton (in Canada) Bax fights the werewolves, picks up Kiki and ghostly Mary King, and sees a spectral white horse as well, giving like three or four different versions o…
06 Jan 2018, 02:33
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When Bax first comes across the younger set of twins, he makes "Emlyn" drop his light and flee through a closed window, ghost-like. Later, "Ieuan" beats him and kicks him (though h…
05 Jan 2018, 23:47
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Here is the start, for setting up that it is a scam. I still need to write the second half and make conclusions about lupine, the hound of horror, kiki, and Shell's corroboration o…
05 Jan 2018, 20:41
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I have been trying to work on all six remaining writeups at the same time but each of them has special problems. I haven't used some of the resources available but I trust my judgm…
05 Jan 2018, 20:38
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I am trying my best to present a cogent and complete writeup on Land Across. Those who read my work know I believe Wolfe is a metonymic symbolist - the red leech approaching the gr…
25 Dec 2017, 15:09
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Here is a kind of strange profile of wolfe at the top ... I suppose it is supposed to be a little tongue in cheek but considering that Wolfe was drafted and both my parents served …
17 Nov 2017, 13:47
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#THE MONDAY MAN "The Monday Man" first appeared in the *Readercon 3 Anthology* in 1990 and has been collected in *Innocents Aboard*. #Summary Once again, a narrator named Gene t…
29 Apr 2015, 05:15
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Here is the Hour of the sheep for volume 2 ...…
28 Apr 2015, 14:55
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#THE HOUR OF THE SHEEP "The Hour of the Sheep" first appeared in *Fast Forward 1* in 2007 and has never been collected. ##Summary At the suggestion of the President-Protector, T…
28 Apr 2015, 14:53
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Well, as soon as I hit send, I realized what the three in the sky was that the grandfather was referring to --- it was the three in the title, which Wolfe had traced in the sky. W…
28 Apr 2015, 03:51
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#HOW I GOT THREE ZIP CODES AND KID SISTER/INTRODUCTION TO PHOENIX "How I Got Three Zip Codes" first appeared in *The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy II* in 1999 and has not been col…
28 Apr 2015, 03:49
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#SIGHTINGS AT TWIN MOUNDS Inverting the usual order of things, “Sightings at Twin Mounds” was first collected in Wolfe's 1988 collection *Storeys from the Old Hotel* — though it…
27 Apr 2015, 20:09
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#THE CARD "The Card" first appeared in the March 2005 edition of *Asimov's Science Fiction* and has never been collected. ##Summary An unnamed narrator (who enjoys telling stori…
27 Apr 2015, 16:53
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#HOW THE BISHOP SAILED TO INNISKEEN “How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen” was first published in *Spirits of Christmas* in 1989 and is collected in *Innocents Aboard*. ##Summary: …
26 Apr 2015, 19:11
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I am writing up a whole bunch of the short story ones now, and there is a scene at the end of the rather allegorical (but obviously so) No Planets Strike, which depicts the reign o…
26 Apr 2015, 11:58
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#COUNTING CATS IN ZANZIBAR “Counting Cats in Zanzibar” was first published in 1996 in *Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine*. It is collected in *Strange Travellers*. ##Summa…
25 Apr 2015, 02:35
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#IN THE HOUSE OF GINGERBREAD “In the House of Gingerbread” first appeared in *The Architecture of Fear* in 1987 and is collected in *Endangered Species*. ##Summary: The third pe…
24 Apr 2015, 23:14
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Here is a profile of Wolfe in The New Yorker ... http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius?intcid=mod-latest geez, it says he wrote over "fifty" stories…
24 Apr 2015, 16:50
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THE LITHOSPHERE WHALE As part of the Creature Coral, “The Lithosphere Whale” was Wolfe’s entry in the Wofford College’s 2012 shared world. It appeared only online. Here is the en…
22 Apr 2015, 16:43
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#Planetarium in Orbit "Planetarium in Orbit" first appeared as part of the Chicago Worldcon Bid for 2012 pulp fiction series in an August 2009 pamphlet, with the title *Constipati…
22 Apr 2015, 16:34
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LAST DRINK BIRDHEAD: GENE WOLFE Gene Wolfe's entry for the Jeff Vandermeer's *Last Drink Birdhead *appeared in 2009 and has not been collected elsewhere. SUMMARY: Original…
22 Apr 2015, 16:26
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#A VISIT FROM HIS CONFIDANT “A Visit From His Confidant” appeared in the *Readercon 22* convention booklet in 2011. Mark Twain was the memorial guest of honor. ##SUMMARY: The n…
22 Apr 2015, 16:21
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UNREQUITED LOVE “Unrequited Love” first appeared in *Subterranean Press Magazine* in their Summer 2007 edition. It has not been collected. SUMMARY: The story begins with an …
22 Apr 2015, 16:08
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THE ON DECK CIRCLE “The On Deck Circle” first appeared in the Autumn 2008 edition of *Postscripts Magazine*. It has never been collected. SUMMARY In a future where sensation…
22 Apr 2015, 15:47
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THE VAMPIRE KISS “The Vampire Kiss” first appeared in the April 2005 edition of *Realms of Fantasy* and has never been collected. SUMMARY The story is narrated by Mr. Fagin, one…
22 Apr 2015, 15:26
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DUMPSTER WORLD “Dumpster World” first appeared in the mock section of Steven Silver’s *Argentus* 5 in 2005. Silver introduces the mock section by stating, “This issue features, f…
22 Apr 2015, 15:04
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COMBER “Comber” was published in *Postscripts *Spring 2005 issue and has never been collected. SUMMARY: A nameless point of view character wakes up to the same news he heard t…
22 Apr 2015, 14:44
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RATTLER “Rattler” was first published in *Realms of Fantasy* in 2004, co-authored with Brian Hopkins, and is reprinted in Starwater Strains. SUMMARY: The story is framed as a…
22 Apr 2015, 14:11
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CALAMITY WARPS “Calamity Warps” first appeared in *Realms of Fantasy* in 2003 and is collected in *Starwater Strains.* SUMMARY The story begins, “Calamity Jane is our dog,…
22 Apr 2015, 14:00
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Since I am reformatting these now, I wanted to get them out in case anyone had some excellent input that needed to be incorporated. Most of these presented out of order are fairly …
22 Apr 2015, 13:46
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“Alphabet” first appeared in *Fiction International* in 1988 and is collected in *Storeys from the Old Hotel.* SUMMARY: The story begins, “The pet held up a dead snake, then laid…
21 Apr 2015, 15:41
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Trying to finish up a few write ups in the late 80s and one that I have thought about but not started seriously yet is Lukora. The plot is simple enough, possibly off world survey…
31 Jan 2015, 17:34
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*READ ME* “Read Me” first appeared in *The Drabble Project* in 1988 and has not been reprinted. The story is only one hundred words long, as seen below: Alice looked about her. …
26 Jan 2015, 17:32
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*THE FLAG* “The Flag” first appeared in *Storeys from the Old Hotel* in 1988. SUMMARY: The narrator recalls playing with his friends as a child. They ran in the square, scatteri…
25 Jan 2015, 17:52
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In my research i have noticed that many of the poetry quotes Wolfe uses (such as those in the woman who loved the centaur pholus) come from a secondary source more relevant to his …
06 Jan 2015, 13:50
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THE ARIMASPIAN LEGACY AND SLOW CHILDREN AT PLAY “The Arimaspian Legacy” and “Slow Children at Play” appeared as Cheap Street Chapbooks in 1987 and 1989, respectively, and are coll…
05 Jan 2015, 20:36
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