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One more thing I wanted to mention but neglected to - in this story, the outcome of the main character jumping?2 marksmen with his friends is unclear, but there is at least a hint …
08 Jun 2012, 01:24
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"Narrov Valley" could very well be a direct influence. I read that one years ago - Indian land? I feel like it might have been a social commentary in some ways on the land that the…
07 Jun 2012, 00:41
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Three Million Square Miles “Three Million Square Miles” first appeared in The Ruins of Earth in 1971. It is reprinted in Castle of Days under Thanksgiving. SUMMARY: Richard Marquer…
06 Jun 2012, 23:57
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yes! in some written version Stromboli is called Mangiafuoco (fire eater). I remember trying to read Piniochio in Italian class and realizing my Italian was worse than I thought. T…
06 Jun 2012, 20:27
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Toy Theater This first appeared in Orbit in 1971. Like many of the stories in “The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories”, there has been a ton of discussion o…
06 Jun 2012, 19:45
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Noticing that similar monetary disbursement methods were at play in several of the SF stories Wolfe had written in the 1970s, I also noticed a very particular technology called the…
31 May 2012, 15:01
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Below is an excerpt form my initial write up on The Blue Mouse. I was wondering if the social system set up in "Sonya, Crane Wesselman, and Kittee", "Remembrance to Come", "Slaves…
30 May 2012, 23:46
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sorry, the discussion of English with the voisriit system should have said uniformity in pronunciation, not uniformity in punctuation. My mistake.…
30 May 2012, 06:40
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The Blue Mouse This first appeared in The Many Worlds of Science Fiction in 1971. SUMMARY: Lonnie is a tech with the UN forces, which has been separated into Techs and Marksmen, wh…
30 May 2012, 06:15
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Another thing I wanted to say about this, but somehow forget to, was that at the end, Lenor has found the Sweet Forest Maid, reached the object of her quest ... and then????? she s…
26 May 2012, 01:30
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Sweet Forest Maid Sweet Forest Maid first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1971. It is collected on page 368 of Endangered Species. Summary: A reclusive …
25 May 2012, 23:39
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Slaves of Silver Slaves of Silver first appeared in Galaxy in 1971. It is a fairly straightforward Sherlock Holmes type story — with some robots and a socialist kind of monetary di…
25 May 2012, 20:48
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--- On Tue, 5/22/12, Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote: From: Jerry Friedman jerry_friedman at yahoo.com ... I meant to answer that one. Because Wolfe wants us…
23 May 2012, 07:35
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I knew when I saw the term "egregious ideas" bandied about my name would soon follow one way or another heh heh --- On Tue, 5/22/12, Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> w…
23 May 2012, 04:09
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Wolfe thought he won. He was announced. Then it turned out there was no award that year, and he just had to sit down and smile in front of everyone. Sucks. He didn't have it, but …
22 May 2012, 13:42
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I have been reading a lot of short stories from the New Wave to see if they had an impact on Wolfe's writing at all for our little short story project (I won't call it a failure ye…
22 May 2012, 05:11
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Thou Spark of Blood This was first published in If in 1970. SUMMARY: Gibson, Cappio, and Lorenz are ostensibly in flight to Mars from Moonbase, and Gibson awakes to find Cappio dea…
21 May 2012, 21:49
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The HORARS of War The HORARS of War first appeared in Nova in 1970 and is on page 237 of Endangered Species. SUMMARY: Future wars at the enlisted level are fought by the grunt like…
21 May 2012, 20:47
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The Packerhaus Method First published in 1970 in Infinity One, this is a fairly straightforward SF exploration of embalming technology for Wolfe, but there are a few interesting t…
18 May 2012, 02:12
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The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories This was first published in Orbit in 1970. I am sure we have all read it, so my summary will be superficial. I am going to include a “M…
14 May 2012, 20:35
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--- On Fri, 5/4/12, Darth Ed <darthed77 at gmail.com> wrote: I'm not sure anyone has quite cracked it yet, other I've never been convinced that Gaiman is necessarily a great inte…
04 May 2012, 14:41
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I agree completely. my allusion section read: ALLUSIONS: Clark Ashton Smith in such necromantic works as The Return of the Sorcerer and HP Lovecraft are channeled directly here …
01 May 2012, 23:17
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Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee This first appeared in Orbit in 1970. It is on pg 96 of Stories from the Old Hotel. SUMMARY: The speaker is telling a story to a “you” that s…
30 Apr 2012, 05:46
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Remembrance to Come This was first published in 1970 in Orbit. I have a feeling it has never been reprinted not necessarily because of its quality or content but because of its “…
27 Apr 2012, 04:39
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Glad you enjoyed it. The radiation in the story is responsible for the natural cycle being disrupted, and the superpowers with the nuclear weapons are overtly mentioned, as well a…
24 Apr 2012, 02:17
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--- On Sun, 4/22/12, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote: From: Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> Subject: Re: (urth) Short Story 21: Of Relays and Roses To: " Readi…
23 Apr 2012, 01:45
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Of Relays and Roses This was first published in World of If in 1970, and is the second story in Castle of Days. SUMMARY: Senate hearings are being held because a certain compute…
22 Apr 2012, 19:29
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Morning-Glory This was originally written for a college themed anthology, “Alchemy and Academe” for Anne McCaffrey in 1970. SUMMARY: A college researcher named Smythe, short and…
22 Apr 2012, 04:17
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Read it. Liked it in parts - masculine vigor is deified to some degree, and eternal conflict is idealized valhalla style. Not as deep as Wolfe, nor as soul searching, but if you li…
19 Apr 2012, 15:36
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Well, with for me the difference between Wolfe and Crowley is probably one of the underlying ethos and actual belief in the supernatural. "I myself don’t believe in fairies, or an…
18 Apr 2012, 19:03
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--- On Tue, 4/17/12, Dave Lebling <dlebling at hyraxes.com> wrote: At this point I'm reminded of Neal Stephenson as well. The Baroque Cycle is rather Wolfean and Powersian, in…
18 Apr 2012, 03:27
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Thanks Jerry! And thanks for the link! It is nice to put a face to the names. You teach physics and math? I always loved math, but I could never teach physics. I actually do c…
18 Apr 2012, 02:29
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oh my, what a difference an "i" makes…
17 Apr 2012, 19:41
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cyber stocking is even MORE sinister than cyber stalking --- On Tue, 4/17/12, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote: From: Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> Subjec…
17 Apr 2012, 19:19
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--- On Tue, 4/17/12, Fred Kiesche <godelescherbach at gmail.com> wrote: From: Fred Kiesche <godelescherbach at gmail.com> Subject: (urth) This is what happens when you read Gene …
17 Apr 2012, 19:17
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--- On Tue, 4/17/12, Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com> wrote: Which brings me to Nabokov, who as I occasionally say is the most Wolfean writer outside sf (or Wolfe…
17 Apr 2012, 19:14
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I really like some of Swanwick's stuff but not all of it - it's been hit and miss with me. He's a super nice guy, though, I got to talk to him at the Wolfe event for a while. I li…
17 Apr 2012, 19:12
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Chip Delany? I was just about to say something about how the SF author that avoids objectifying women has a very good ingrained reason NOT to objectify them, but Delany will alway…
17 Apr 2012, 18:52
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If you can wait about thirty more write ups I will certainly address that issue at length! Should be about ... (optimistic) three weeks- four weeks.…
17 Apr 2012, 18:49
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Shouldn't be too hard if you are willing to invest about $20. My copy of the Devil is Dead was from a used book store and its got a NASTY stain on it ... until I find another I won…
17 Apr 2012, 15:22
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--- On Tue, 4/17/12, Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote: And Tim Powers, two steps below Laff literarily, and?ONE BELOW?Wolfe, I think is very worth …
17 Apr 2012, 15:13
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Yes, they are very unrelated except with perhaps some eschatological ruminations. Well, they are okay, but not as good as The Devil Is Dead or Fourth Mansions - some memorable sce…
17 Apr 2012, 15:07
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Do you really have all those short stories? All the collected volumes are exorbitantly expensive except for the most common one, 900 Grandmothers. I have always wrestled with the…
16 Apr 2012, 22:41
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WOW digging that quote. The city searches the sky for a sign, but no sign shall it have but the sign from the fish’s belly. (OBW 93). Haven't read the gospels in too long. --- …
16 Apr 2012, 20:45
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--- On Mon, 4/16/12, Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote: Interesting idea. One difference though is that the task of Jonah on his travels was to save Nineveh …
16 Apr 2012, 19:52
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Lafferty is in many ways the opposite of strange one hit mega-successes like "Confederacy of Dunces" - with Lafferty, so much material there but for all intents and purposes unmark…
16 Apr 2012, 14:55
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great point - I need to read Peer Gynt. I agree - it's much more like a troll king or even the Trip Trap traki (self absorbed darkness dwelling being with a problem contextualizin…
16 Apr 2012, 13:04
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--- On Sun, 4/15/12, Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote: From: Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: (urth) This Week in Google Alerts: R.A. Lafferty To: "The…
16 Apr 2012, 04:33
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I foolishly passed on the Vance complete edition when it was being produced because I had read so much of his work already - if they did something similar with Lafferty I would alm…
16 Apr 2012, 02:38
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I would love for there to be a more comprehensive outlet for his short fiction - I can't imagine what it cost that guy to track down all of it. I was aware of his drinking. It's a…
16 Apr 2012, 02:31
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