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This is Sean Whalen (prion). The chems don't have to have their fuel changed. They probably get the material just by "breathing" every year or so. Fusion can be done with hydrog…
01 Nov 1998, 07:04
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). This post is interesting, because I recently saw a book by Jack Vance called _The Languages of Pao_, which said something like "The first science fict…
30 Oct 1998, 11:28
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I'm not sure which list this should go on, but here it goes. I had thought that the reason Severian asked if the woman looked like the face in the mi…
28 Oct 1998, 13:57
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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 C…
15 Oct 1998, 17:59
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). These are just some random observations and thoughts on the story "Forlesen." I was recently asked why Mr. Frick doesn't seem to age and remembers hi…
13 Oct 1998, 08:05
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I think that all of Robert Borski's recent genealogical theories are possible, but I'm slightly worried about Merryn, because Wolfe has said that she …
13 Oct 1998, 07:46
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Pike. A long thin carnivorous fish (Esox lucius), also called the northern pike. Also, any species in family Esocidae that resembles the pike. Also…
07 Sep 1998, 06:21
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). The delay of dawn was most likely caused by the ship of Tzadkiel being between the earth and the sun. Ossipago, Barbatus, and Famulimus could have gi…
30 Aug 1998, 07:58
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Oosik. Also ooshook. Inuit (Eskimo) for the baculum (penis bone) of a walrus, or of other sea mammals, or just for penis. Baculum or baculus in Lat…
09 Aug 1998, 20:39
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Matar. Arabic for rain or airport. A Trivigaunti pterotrooper. She comes down like rain, the ship's from an airport, etc. Mattak. Also maktak, m…
09 Aug 1998, 20:32
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Trivigaunte. Looking at this word, I couldn't image its origin. Parts of it looked Latin, but I couldn't place it at all. In Latin, tri- means thre…
09 Aug 1998, 20:12
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Sorry. I seem to have sent this to the Whorl list first. I've been thinking about FHC, and I think that I can modify my previous ideas to fit in wit…
07 Aug 1998, 21:54
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I've been thinking about FHC, and I think that I can modify my previous ideas to fit in with what I now think happened. Humanity originated on Sainte…
07 Aug 1998, 11:00
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). This is the list and index of all characters appearing in the Long Sun books have been talked about in this series of letters. Vironese biochemical m…
07 Aug 1998, 10:00
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Cat. Any species of family Felidae, especially in the genus Felis, and usually Felis catus (Felis domesticus) the common cat. A man who has visited …
07 Aug 1998, 09:59
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Is the name of Teasel's mother given in the books? Her father's name is Marten, which is a kind of weasel. Is her mother's name an alternate for som…
05 Aug 1998, 23:17
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Lynx. Any species of genus Lynx, especially the common lynx (Lynx lynx). In the Whorl Mucor says they are called lynxes because they hunt during the…
05 Aug 1998, 23:07
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Marten. Any species of genus Martes. Larger than weasels, somewhat arboreal, long tail, soft fur, light below and grey above. Father of Teasel. We…
05 Aug 1998, 22:46
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Loach. Any species of family Cobitidae. Small freshwater fish closely related ot the Cyprinidae but resembling catfishes in appearance and habits. …
05 Aug 1998, 22:40
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Alambrera. Spanish for wire screen or cover. Building in Viron were the weapons are stored. Ambion. Greek for pulpit. Also means something that h…
05 Aug 1998, 12:59
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Mantis, I certainly plan to order LS-1, but since it will be a while until it arrives, could you or someone else tell me which characters I haven't li…
04 Aug 1998, 23:43
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). It was asked earlier in this list by someone about what animal Patera Jerboa confuses Incus' name with when he thinks that an incus is an animal becau…
04 Aug 1998, 09:04
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Grison. French for grey. Any species of genus Grison, especially Grison vittatus. Apparently this genus and its species have recently been renamed,…
04 Aug 1998, 08:31
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Zoril. Also zorille, zorilla, and zorillo. From Spanish zorfillo/a, diminutive of zorfo (fox). This is the striped muishond (Ictonyx striatus). Re…
03 Aug 1998, 22:55
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Yapok. Also yapock or water opossum. Chironectes minimus. An aquatic opossum of South America. The only aquatic marsupial. Long tail. Volunteer …
03 Aug 1998, 22:47
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Xiphias. Also xiph. Latin for swordfish, from Greek xiphos (sword). The genus of fishes that includes the swordfish. Xiphias is an old but skillfu…
03 Aug 1998, 21:33
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Willet. Catoptrophorus semipalmatus. A large shore birds with blackish patches in its plumage and gray, brown, and white in winter. The name used b…
03 Aug 1998, 21:31
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Villus. Latin for shaggy hair. Small threadlike biological extensions on some organs of animals. Boy at the palaestra. Violet. Any plant of genus…
03 Aug 1998, 21:24
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Urus. Bos primigenius. Also called the aurochs. Ten foot long bovid. Domesticated by humans. Now extinct. Criminal. Associate of Auk's. Sentenc…
03 Aug 1998, 21:18
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Tarsier. Any species in in family Tarsiidae and genus Tarsius. Small, nocturnal, tree-dwelling. Best primates at leaping because of a specialized …
03 Aug 1998, 21:08
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Addax. Addax nasomaculatus. A bovid with long, thin curving, twisting horns. Dark brown hair on the forehead. Desert-dwellers. Boy in the palaest…
03 Aug 1998, 20:06
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Saba. Arabic for youth. Also a cooking banana (Musa sapientum) in the Philippines, or the textile made from the fiber of the plant. Commander of th…
03 Aug 1998, 17:38
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This is Sean Whalen (prion) . Oosik. Also ooshook. Inuit (Eskimo) for the baculum (penis bone) of a walrus, or of other sea animals, or just penis. Baculum or baculus in Latin …
03 Aug 1998, 11:26
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Mattak. Also maktak, maktuk, muktuk, muntuk. Inuit (Eskimo) word meaning whale skin, whale meat, or whale meat with skin on it, or the dried variety…
03 Aug 1998, 11:21
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Murtagon. All I could find fitting this is martagon, also mortegon, martagan, and martigon. With all those alternative spellings, it's probable that…
03 Aug 1998, 11:16
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Trivigaunte. Looking at this word, I couldn't image its origin. Parts of it looked Latin, but I couldn't place it at all. In Latin, tri- means thre…
03 Aug 1998, 10:49
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I got the information from irdg.com/mep/nni/golem.txt. It is copyright 1992, Dan McClure. Additional information can be found in Gustav Meyerink's "T…
02 Aug 1998, 17:37
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Quetzal. Plural quetzals or quetzales. Also spelled quezal or quesal. From the Nahuatl word quetzalli (large bright tail feather). A species (Phar…
01 Aug 1998, 21:28
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Here are the results of my exhaustive research into notules. If this is actually what Wolfe meant, I'm actually stupefied to the extent he'll go for …
01 Aug 1998, 21:25
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I think that I have found the name aquastor. While reading about golems, I saw that aquastor is the mystical name for a created being, such as a gole…
01 Aug 1998, 21:10
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Matar. Arabic for rain or airport. Trivigaunti pterotrooper. She comes down like rain and is from a flying vehicle prion…
01 Aug 1998, 20:29
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Murtagon. All I could find fitting this is martagon, also mortegon, martagan, and martigon. With all those alternative spellings, it's probable that…
31 Jul 1998, 22:35
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Kalan. Any species of the genus Calanus (Kalanus) of the family Calanidae (Kalanidae). Red marine copepods of the northern oceans that are a major f…
31 Jul 1998, 22:08
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Nizam. Arabic for system. Trivigaunti private who takes in Tick for a while. prion…
31 Jul 1998, 10:29
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Matar. Arabic for rain. Trivigaunti pterotrooper. She comes down like rain. prion…
31 Jul 1998, 10:24
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Lijam. Arabic for bridle. Trivigaunte's Minister of War. prion…
31 Jul 1998, 10:21
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Ratel. Any species of genus Mellivora (honey-eater), especially Mellivora capensis. M. capensis is also called the honey badger. It has a grey top …
31 Jul 1998, 10:06
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). I think I've located the name Beuzec. It's a Breton name that is also spelled Buzeg, Budog, and Budoc. Saint Budoc was born in 540 and died in 618. …
30 Jul 1998, 23:07
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Quetzal. Plural quetzals or quetzales. Also spelled quezal or quesal. From the Nahuatl word quetzalli (large bright tail feather). A species (Phar…
30 Jul 1998, 22:48
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This is Sean Whalen (prion). Paca. Any species of genus Cuniculus of family Dasyproctidae, especially the paca (Cuniculus paca). Cuniculus is Latin for rabbit or burrow. Relate…
30 Jul 1998, 11:11
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