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You forgot Japan and China. I wouldn't mind Latro in Ireland - Wolfe seems to have a penchant for Irish myth, but I don't know how much he's explored it outside of short stories a…
04 Nov 2008, 04:06
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And "Strange Birds" from the chapbook of the same name. Have we ever discussed those two stories here? I thought they were pretty good, but I'm not sure how many people actually or…
04 Nov 2008, 01:08
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I'd be interested. -Matt…
30 Oct 2008, 16:23
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No, and it's driving me nuts. I don't think I hallucinated it, but not having much luck with Google at the moment. -Matt…
30 Oct 2008, 15:28
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Is the pulp being referenced exclusively American? King Kanoa's English actually wouldn't be too out-of-place in some English novels. Consider Lord Peter Wimsey's parody / epitome …
30 Oct 2008, 03:29
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I don't think they've happened yet. Checked the WindyCon website - the post-historic warfare panel is at noon on Nov. 15? Post-Historic Warfare — Our panelists take a look at war…
28 Oct 2008, 00:52
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(Implicit Spoilers for An Evil Guest) - - - - - - - - - - - The most obviously relevant stories are probably "The Call of Cthulhu", "The Whisperer in Darkness", and "Nyarlathotep…
15 Oct 2008, 01:19
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Yes, but "On the Train" is (sadly) the only Wolfe story accepted by The New Yorker, so he has a soft spot for it. Or he did when he wrote the introduction to Storeys from the Old H…
13 Oct 2008, 00:51
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It ends with "die," but both words are in the full quote. As I recall, the dust jacket only quotes half the couplet: That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange ?ons …
12 Oct 2008, 00:33
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That does look interesting, based off your take on it and the Amazon description. This list just exacerbates my book-buying habits, but I love it anyway. Thanks for the implicit r…
11 Oct 2008, 02:05
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Thanks for the info Don. I'm not familiar with all the stories in here, but it seems like he's drawing a lot from his earlier stuff - three-fourths of the Wolfe Archipelago, plus …
11 Oct 2008, 02:00
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Well then, I share your folly in spirit. I have nothing even approaching disposable income until I graduate and get a job. Which should be easy in this economy... I've only been …
11 Oct 2008, 00:54
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Sounds great; I regret I'm roughly a thousand miles away and an impoverished college student. Any chance of a transcript, video, or podcast? I wish Wolfe traveled more - I'd buy a…
10 Oct 2008, 23:43
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"The Red Spot," huh? I thought that might be another sf reference, but apparently it's actually a real thing - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_red_spot#Great_Red_Spot -Matt…
10 Oct 2008, 16:22
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I don't have my copy with me, so I can't physically search through the book... But I did an Amazon search for a bit I remembered: (p. 53) the dangers of "[touring] the moons of Ju…
10 Oct 2008, 15:44
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Thanks for the news. I'd heard of The Sorcerer's House before - he really seems to have been doing a lot of work on that one. I'm glad he's still going forward with it, as the plot…
10 Oct 2008, 15:30
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Some very good posting going on here. Wolfe has mentioned scarabs before. From Paul Duggan's site: http://mysite.verizon.net/~vze2tmhh/wolfejbj.html Relevant quote: JJ: I don't kn…
09 Oct 2008, 23:47
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If it's any help, this particular sentence has been discussed before: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0019/0025.shtml -Matt…
08 Oct 2008, 18:59
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Right. The Batman thing is Gaiman only. I can't even imagine what a Wolfe-and-Gaiman comic book would look like, but I know I'd read it. Official Tour of the Shambles website??: h…
06 Oct 2008, 18:46
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I don't believe the color stuff has been discussed yet. Re: Batman and Robin - I'm a Batman fan so I'm inclined to see references to him that might not be there (i.e. there actual…
06 Oct 2008, 16:33
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As much as I like Wolfe, I will never understand his sense of humor. Perhaps it's a joke on US? Apparently he doesn't read the Urth list, but surely he knows how we go after the st…
04 Oct 2008, 21:41
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Of course, "hoppers" also tie into "Memorare." I even recall a line about the moons of Jupiter in An Evil Guest? Re: Takanga group: Well, Wolfe does go to great lengths to set out…
04 Oct 2008, 17:39
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Clearly the most important of your questions. Perhaps it's a reference to the vice of some thirties' writer? As I mentioned in an earlier post, there's at least one reference to Ne…
30 Sep 2008, 22:34
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Isn't there at least one book bound in human skin in The Book of the New Sun? (In The Claw of the Conciliator, I think) Perhaps Sev's Conciliatory powers would allow him to (subcon…
30 Sep 2008, 22:28
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Great post. Perhaps Borges was the "real" reason for the scene - I can't think of anywhere else in The Book of the New Sun where such a scene with a Borges analogue would fit quite…
30 Sep 2008, 00:41
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Well, "RC" could also be "Robert Chase," Gideon's apparent father. But "Randolph Carter" does also make sense... Chase already has a position at Miskatonic when the book starts - …
27 Sep 2008, 17:25
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Have we looked at naming in An Evil Guest? Cassiopeia - QUEEN of Ethiopia ( http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Cassiopeia.html ) Gideon - Biblical judge…
25 Sep 2008, 04:09
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Alternatively, you're asking Big Questions while we go after smaller things... Re: takeover: The islanders apparently worshipped Hanga, but at the end Kandy suggests they actually…
25 Sep 2008, 03:55
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I know of Singer and his ideas - my point was that most people who would give birth to a child with a genetic defect (instead of aborting it) would be incapable of killing after it…
22 Sep 2008, 00:05
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Re: ATF: I should have remembered about the ATF. Re: defective: I considered that, but "defective" has the ring of manufacture about it; as in "I returned the defective TV to the …
21 Sep 2008, 22:40
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2008/9/20 Rjyan Kadwallader <cexwell at gmail.com> And didn't he die a few months back? As I understand (from reading Michael Moorcock's comments on this), early D&D was very upf…
20 Sep 2008, 17:53
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I'll forgive him though - he generally gets sf right. Who knows - maybe he had Wolfe on his mind when he wrote that sentence? -Matt…
15 Sep 2008, 22:07
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Anyone read Michael Dirda's review of Anathem in The Washington Post? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/04/AR2008090402460.html Dirda compares Anathem …
15 Sep 2008, 15:41
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Well, I know Wolfe does have some slightly esoteric theories about ancient history - for one thing, he posits at least occasional transatlantic travel in the ancient world. I wonde…
03 Sep 2008, 21:35
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Ireland's wonderful, but it's hardly the place for lupine reading. Are you in Dublin by any chance? Shame, if I'd known there were deprived Wolfe readers in Ireland, I could have b…
29 Aug 2008, 20:03
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 2:08 PM, Matthew Groves <matthewalangroves at gmail.com I'd probably select a bunch of uncollected stuff I wouldn't get a chance to read elsewhere. For exa…
21 Aug 2008, 18:45
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On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote And then there's that Lafferty guy everyone around here tells me to read... -Matt…
21 Aug 2008, 17:27
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"From a literary perspective, this will certainly be the best collection of the year in science fiction and fantasy. Gene Wolfe, of whom the Washington Post said, "Of all SF writer…
21 Aug 2008, 16:10
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Welcome to the list! Re: milky fluid: And I just thought I had a dirty mind... Not sure what the significance of that would be though - perhaps Apheta's returning Severian's favor…
24 Jul 2008, 13:17
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I recall there's an interview somewhere stating that Sev is about six feet tall? He COULD be descended from a family of "normal" humans, though there's certainly evidence to sugge…
01 Jul 2008, 03:14
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I once started theorizing about references to The Name of the Rose in The Book of the New Sun, but I'm afraid the parallels between the two books are just (beautiful) coincidences.…
24 Jun 2008, 02:02
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Thanks for the advice. I'm not a member yet, and might wait a bit before joining. I'd like to finish the Aubrey-Maturin books before I start discussing them, as I'd prefer to avoid…
17 Jun 2008, 03:19
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This is something of a recurring topic in the archives. You might want to look there, but I'm not sure if there's really a consensus on Wolfe's thoughts while writing Urth. -Matt…
09 Jun 2008, 01:15
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Well, if Sev were making up his sexual encounters, surely he would have said that he slept with Agia? Plus Sev does mention some embarrassing aspects of his sex life - like the way…
06 Jun 2008, 19:25
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You've sold me on it. I just added two of his books to my Wish List on Amazon, and I'll buy them when I get my next paycheck. Judging from your rave and what I've read on Amazon, t…
28 May 2008, 03:19
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Agreed that Marlowe is smarter than he pretends to be. He isn't phased when someone quotes Christopher Marlowe's Faust at him in The Long Goodbye for example. As for "a more speci…
18 May 2008, 14:22
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Thanks. I know a bit about Doyle's spiritualism, but not terribly much. I know it shows up in some of his later work, like the Prof. Challenger stories. But you're right - I need t…
17 May 2008, 21:43
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There are three books, but the first two are only in-print in an omnibus edition called "Latro in the Mist." -Matt…
16 May 2008, 21:29
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"Catholic fantabulation," huh? I was actual thinking of doing something similar (which I'd planned to call the "Catholic fantastic") for a senior thesis. I don't think that's goi…
12 May 2008, 23:16
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I've heard great things about Bolano. Michael Dirda had a really interesting review of his Nazi Literature in the Americas in the Washington Post. Apparently Bolano name-drops SF a…
12 May 2008, 21:20
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