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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Has anyone mentioned a possible connection for Terminus Est with a planet's terminator before? A terminator is the line on a planet (or other round b…
05 Dec 1998, 09:46
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Robert Borski proposed the theory of many of the Hierodules having two names, or an associated meaning. He also proposed that the Cumaean's name was …
15 Oct 1998, 18:00
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I recently read "In Looking Glass Castle" and wondered if the man living in the house might seem less like a hallucinatory problem if he actually dres…
11 Oct 1998, 13:23
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Sean Whalen (prion). One aspect of Severian's rule as Apu that Tzadkiel might have decided was needed was his giving of more advanced technology to his worshippers (such as better…
02 Oct 1998, 13:59
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I read this story for the first time today because of the recent discussion of it. First of all, I'd just like to make a minor correction to what Rob…
30 Sep 1998, 17:48
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). When I read this passage the first time, I assumed that Severian still knew or believed that if he failed the test in Yesod, he still would have been …
04 Sep 1998, 07:10
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I've been thinking about from where the name aquastor could come, and since it's an alchemical term, it might be Arabic. The original form might be s…
04 Aug 1998, 08:34
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Sigada. Apparently an Arabic word. Hossaan tells Silk that it means handsome and humble. Real name of Dr. Crane. prion…
04 Aug 1998, 08:13
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I still haven't found any other information about aquastors, but I think it's possible that the name comes from quasi, meaning almost as if. This wou…
03 Aug 1998, 10:59
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). This is the latest thing I can think of that I think is evidence that the object in Urth's sun is a wormhole rather than a black hole. If the sun bec…
02 Aug 1998, 17:45
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I've also found St. Winnoc (or Winoc) of Wormhoult. He died in 717. He is the patron of millers. He has a Breton name, too, and it is also found in…
31 Jul 1998, 11:36
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Continuing the name list: Bittersweet. The poisonous plant in Eurasia (Solanum dulcamara). A weed with purple flowers and red berries. It has a bi…
28 Jul 1998, 14:42
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Continuing the name list: Bittersweet. The poisonous plant in Eurasia (Solanum dulcamara). A weed with purple flowers and red berries. It has a bi…
28 Jul 1998, 14:35
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). You're completely right, of course. I was going on memory in the letter. I still think that this would be enough time for him to get to that positio…
21 Jul 1998, 00:39
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Yes, but why did David go to the capital? In the capital there would be the possibility of a government position, such as an intelligence officer. H…
20 Jul 1998, 21:56
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Wheww. How's that for a bundle of citations? I don't remember Wolfe ever saying this, and it doesn't appear possible (see below). Vodalus was talki…
20 Jul 1998, 03:35
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). It seems unlikely that the cards would have been adopted by the cargo after the voyage for use as currency. They would have no reason to accept as va…
20 Jul 1998, 00:08
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). This seems to fit, but how does it fit in that he originally thought that she stabbed Sanderson? He didn't just decide to leave him, he thought that …
16 Jul 1998, 22:38
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). When I saw that Robert Borski had written a post about "Cherry Jubilee" I read the story for the first time so I would be able to understand his discu…
16 Jul 1998, 22:35
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Doesn't anyone want to discuss "Tracking Song"? Oh, well. Well, anyway, after I recently reread it it seemed to me that every mammal is an anthropom…
14 Jul 1998, 00:12
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). William Ansley, I'm glad that you reminded me about the part in cues where the first bowling ball talks about the universe being infinite with your qu…
09 Jul 1998, 21:33
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Matt, I just added this as part of some of my previous posts of the theory that the torturers are the Urth form of Catholic priests. If they can chan…
09 Jul 1998, 01:28
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Matt, I just added this as part of some of my previous posts of the theory that the torturers are the Urth form of Catholic priests. If they can chan…
09 Jul 1998, 01:23
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). In the same book, there is a story called "How the Rabbit Lost His Tail." In it, the rabbit has a brother who has amazing powers. The rabbit goes we…
08 Jul 1998, 17:43
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I recently reread Tracking Song and have seen some points that I don't think have been addressed earlier. First, at the very beginning of the story, …
07 Jul 1998, 22:27
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). SBear, I don't think that the black hole and white fountain are the same hole. If that were so, when they canceled each other out, which I'm not sure…
06 Jul 1998, 17:11
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). All right, I think Damien Broderick's evidence shows conclusively that a black hole could exist inside the sun. However, I still don't think that thi…
06 Jul 1998, 09:41
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Mantis, I don't doubt that if the sun became an accretion disk around a black hole it would last longer than if a black hole simple appeared at the ce…
05 Jul 1998, 21:05
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I don't think I know any sources that say what would happen if a black hole spontaneously appeared in the center of a normal star. I'm basing my argu…
05 Jul 1998, 11:20
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). When I saw the debate about A Solar Labyrinth, I reread it, keeping the previous discussions in mind. It seems to be about books (or fantasy books), …
05 Jul 1998, 00:29
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Jason, I've pretty much exhausted my knowledge about black holes, too, so don't worry. To explain that (admittedly complex) sentence, what I meant wa…
04 Jul 1998, 12:51
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). The initial size of the black hole doesn't have much to do with the time for the cycle to complete. Any size of a hole would complete the process in …
04 Jul 1998, 09:47
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). It is possible Wolfe wouldn't have known or cared about the real effects of a black hole in the sun. However, since the story would be entirely scien…
03 Jul 1998, 08:38
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I just thought of the fact that the Autarch Ymar ordered that the female Jailers/torturers no longer be allowed to be members because of their cruelty…
02 Jul 1998, 23:17
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I've just thought of some new evidence for the thing at the center of Urth's sun not to be a black hole. Do you know what a quasar or active galactic…
02 Jul 1998, 23:08
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Alga has a (half-joking) theory that the Cumaean is an inhumus. However, why don't Father Inire, Ossipago, Barbatus, and Famulimus know this? They a…
02 Jul 1998, 21:49
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Jason, thanks for addressing the issue of the object at the center of the sun in tBotNS, but I still know a black hole, of any size, would absorb the …
02 Jul 1998, 21:40
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I'm afraid I must defend my remarks on the nature of black holes. Jason Voegele asserts that a black hole is not a guzzler, but has only the gravitat…
02 Jul 1998, 20:36
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). A while ago I think there was some question about how big Hethor's mirrors would have to be for him to get all those creatures through them. It's pos…
02 Jul 1998, 18:29
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). On June 29, 1998, Robert Borski wrote a comparison of the story the Hero as Werwolf to St. Paul, and other Biblical stories that I feel was very perce…
02 Jul 1998, 01:17
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01 Jul 1998, 19:13
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