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I was right: it was a special painting! Thanks :) Mark…
11 Nov 2014, 15:16
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Oh, and because I'm nosy, what's that painting on the wall behind you Marc? It looks rather special. It certainly has a beautiful frame. Mark…
11 Nov 2014, 14:04
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Love it! You make some very good points in an interesting and engaging way. More please! Mark…
11 Nov 2014, 14:02
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"Gyoll is a great river which runs through the city, in which the apprentices have just been swimming. Its name is probably a reference to the Norse Gjoll, a river which symbolized…
22 Oct 2014, 14:30
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+1 for a print-on-demand version for my Wolfe shelf :) It's been a great series and has really added to my enjoyment of the stories themselves. Good job, Marc!…
01 Aug 2014, 08:19
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I'm currently enjoying the first of Iain M Banks' Culture books, Consider Phlebas. No great mental effort required on the part of the reader, just good, imaginative space opera. I'…
02 Apr 2014, 11:50
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De-lurking to say that I, too, am on a bit of a Lafferty drive at the moment, having just acquired Fourth Mansions and the collection Does Anyone Else Have Something to Add? I real…
12 Mar 2014, 14:37
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Ha! Now there's a thought ...…
28 Nov 2012, 15:24
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Apologies if anyone has made this connection already, but there's a comment by Wolfe in the Jordan interview<http://mysite.verizon.net/~vze2tmhh/gwjbj2.html#fem> which would appear…
27 Aug 2010, 15:14
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I can't help but think of Ted Chiang's excellent short story 'Exhalation' in relation to this, which is available online here: http://www.nightshadebooks.com/Downloads/Exhalation%…
18 Jun 2010, 09:19
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... or because they are chemical?…
18 Jun 2010, 08:13
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No definitive answer, of course. But, how about David Tibet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tibet> ?…
10 Apr 2007, 02:07
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I don't think that we're ever asked/encouraged/persuaded to think that Severian is anything other than than flawed/wrong/sinful. To me, that's part of his appeal. I have never fo…
10 Apr 2007, 01:54
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So very, very, interesting. I've always looked back upon various moments of my life and had the soundtrack to match. All my favourite books have been accompanied by a soundtrack,…
10 Apr 2007, 01:28
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Oh: Death of Doctor Island. Definitely, definitely, "Herod", by Mogwai. And I did think about John Williams for 'Island of Dr Death'. :-) M…
10 Apr 2007, 00:20
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Thanks guys - an awesome response. Dan'l came up with some excellent music - but I'm not sure I would have agreed with any of those as a background to GW. Why? I don't know. Li…
10 Apr 2007, 00:17
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That's quite a selection. And I can see the merit in all those artists. Are they all artists you would listen to anyway? Any specific to GW?…
09 Apr 2007, 23:30
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Are we getting too off-list if I ask you what you listen to when you read POB? Getting back on-list: is there any overlap between what you listen to reading POB and GW? M…
09 Apr 2007, 23:28
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Interesting .. the Swedish guy? I think I heard something wonderful from him once, but I'd have to check my sources. Anyone else?…
09 Apr 2007, 23:21
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... and here are two other authors' suggestions on how to read GW from the same magazine (Fantasy & SF): Michael Swanwick: http://www.sfsite.com/fsf/2007/gwms0704.htm Michael And…
03 Mar 2007, 07:27
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