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And a persistant one: Adam lay ybounden, Bounden in a bond, Foure thousand winter Thought he nat to lang; And alle was for an apple, An apple that he tok, As …
10 Oct 2002, 10:37
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ <Profound boggle> What in hell connects circumcision with repressed evidence of homosexual behaviour? A…
17 Sep 2002, 10:19
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Only possible if your sonic screwdriver has the special attachment Matthew…
09 Sep 2002, 16:11
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I was (hic!) thinking about this - in general terms - last night on my way home from the bar. By alcohol alone is the mind set in motion... Actually I was think more generally t…
06 Sep 2002, 08:52
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My view is that Jonas' nature, beit robot / android / chem, cannot be simply determined, if at all. The impression I have is that the Chems were the product of Typhon/Pas' relativ…
06 Sep 2002, 08:35
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On 03/09/2002 06:26:35 Roy C. Lackey wrote The suggestion that Marble's behaviour is an affectation is an interesting one. An affectation. A show, pretense, or display. Behavior …
03 Sep 2002, 10:48
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male I too the statuary, Hyacinth's potential androgeny etc as re-inforcement of Musk's character and lifestyle. I'm far from convinced that - even with Wolfe's infamous multi-la…
02 Sep 2002, 09:56
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A break does provide one with perspective, does it not? ;-) Matthew…
02 Sep 2002, 09:34
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Not having read Peace I have no idea if there's any relevance but the word can mean door or gate keeper. Archaic and obsolete except in Masonic Lodges where the additional meaning…
23 Aug 2002, 13:42
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It may be so. The Autarch in explaining to Severian says that the policy is bad, deliberately fostering stagnation. Yet the implication is that the Ascian's progress is a chimera …
02 Aug 2002, 10:56
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The coming of the New Sun and the cataclysm caused by it's unquiet arrival can hardly be just for the Commonwealth. What "salvation" can Severian bring that would not touch the As…
02 Aug 2002, 10:20
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Is it really significant in the context of TBotNS? Severian is convinced from his listening to Loyal's story that the ploy doesn't work: Folia's explanation TCotA Ch 5 "...word…
01 Aug 2002, 10:02
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On 31/07/2002 15:51:21 James Jordan wrote: [Ascians] Byond the waist of the world surely means the other side of the equator? Matthew…
31 Jul 2002, 16:57
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Perhaps... vide below. The problem is that everyone likes to be "right". The chances of being so are diminished if one cannot persuade the consensus to ones point of view. ;-) Y…
17 Jul 2002, 14:24
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The single cliff I might have swallowed. But there is more than that. As Severian travels north he comes to new mountains, sharp, uncarved (which also touches upon the time betwe…
17 Jul 2002, 09:45
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For tax reasons? M…
15 Jul 2002, 16:36
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Quite possible - added extras along with the inspirational ability. But it's unnecessary. "Hunger" for those of us in the developed world is more a matter of habit. It's not that…
09 Jul 2002, 12:37
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Befitting or not his Mantieon seems always to be on short commons so likely it was a long engrained habit. Matthew…
09 Jul 2002, 10:46
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Of the word alien do you mean "non-human" or "not of Urth". Typhon's story suggests that he is human but not of earth. Talos is of Urth but created (by Baldanders). And that put…
21 Jun 2002, 12:23
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For no pertinent reason: Mary Gentle's "Ash" Matthew…
13 Jun 2002, 09:38
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Thanks. But that does seem like mischief because the explanation of the origin of the manuscript is in the book, so we have to add a further wrap around it to account for the book…
12 Jun 2002, 07:37
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I agree. The internal evidence of tBotNS is only consistant with it being set in the very far future. I'd be curious to know if the external statements were delivered ex-cathedra …
11 Jun 2002, 07:14
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I can't recall if it's been mulled over on list but that was certainly the very first thought that came into my mind when encountering Loyal. This subsequently informed my reading…
11 Jun 2002, 07:08
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What tells us this? Matthew…
11 Jun 2002, 06:23
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Yup, not to prevent but warn against. Typical God move, forbid something, threaten dire consequences for transgression, stick up warning signs... and then wait until some smuck …
06 Jun 2002, 09:54
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Thought just appeared out of the blue so perhaps nonsense: if humans volunteered this and inhumu acceded to it would it not create a dependence that ultimately could make the inhum…
31 May 2002, 09:44
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I'm glad someone has begun to make this distinction because I've felt throughout this discussion that matter's have been confused by the loose use of the word 'evil'. To my mind a…
30 May 2002, 17:18
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I don't agree with you. This suggest that evil can be inherant in an object. I don't believe that it can: evil may in the intent of those who created such things or those wo empl…
24 May 2002, 15:01
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This is entirely speculative as I don't think there's any supporting text but it would make sense if as you suggest the Holy Hues were a trigger rather than a mechanism. Perhaps a…
23 Apr 2002, 11:57
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No risk. All the cows here being mad. ;-) M…
22 Apr 2002, 15:37
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Charmed, I'm sure. ;-) Matthew…
22 Apr 2002, 08:20
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We may hang on to our traditions with unwonted tenacity and excessive sentiment upon occasion but the real reason the Chough is a protected species is 'cause there ain't that many …
22 Apr 2002, 07:41
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For Eudora 5.1. In the menu bar go to tools... Select the Options... (on a PC) or Settings... (on a Mac) item. In the panel that comes up on the left hand side select "Styled T…
22 Apr 2002, 07:26
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Although (to a UK typographer) that is correct it doesn't illustrate the point you made because Blue (In this context) is a proper noun and would be capitalized any way. [I almost…
17 Apr 2002, 16:10
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On 16/04/2002 20:15:11 Jerry Friedman wrote: Sheesh... Reading the Urth (and the late Whorl) lists has made me think about the way I read. The regular (and apparently unending) …
17 Apr 2002, 13:19
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On 11/04/2002 04:36:56 maa32 wrote: [Advance warning, this is probably trivial nonsense ;-) ] 12. 5 + 4 + 3 which is neat. Except that 4 + 1 + 4 + 3 ain't so. But if we're c…
11 Apr 2002, 11:14
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Uh, not found. :(…
08 Apr 2002, 09:51
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Where? I can only recall the picture cleaning and a reference to Voladus possibly hiding in "the forests of Lune". Matthew…
08 Apr 2002, 09:44
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On 28/03/2002 16:47:47 Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote: and before him Marc wrote Xenocide. Matthew…
02 Apr 2002, 10:47
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Big engines, feedback sensors, hidden computers. Think Microsoft Automatic Update; and probably just as reliable. ;-) Matthew…
27 Mar 2002, 11:21
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Anyone have something to confirm this? It's interesting that the 'divergent futures' idea often posits an infinite number of posibilies, sometimes of varying probability: Asimov's…
27 Mar 2002, 11:12
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it And in support: such a move would be contrary to Typhon's ambition to (re-)conquor his stellar empire. He doesn't care about Urth, the backwater, any more than as a springboar…
27 Mar 2002, 10:34
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Oh no. The WF aproaches the sun, we see the effects. But once there we're back to a 3 body system. Matthew…
26 Mar 2002, 11:08
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A question. The Whorl of the Long Sun produces a facsimilie of gravity through spin. Otherwise when we see it there is no other acceleration. Is there (and I ask because I can't …
26 Mar 2002, 10:52
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But this isn't consistant with what we read in TBotNS. Humanity did go into space - had done so long before - and the planet still supports life. Matthew…
21 Mar 2002, 11:19
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Thankyou Mantis. So /somone/ can't type and my earlier comment may stand, at least until someone comes along with a more rigourous demolition job. So Marc, we really do have a br…
20 Mar 2002, 14:34
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How does this mechanical intervention support your theories of polyploidy? It seems irrelevant to either the support of or refutation of the theories you have advanced. Matthew…
20 Mar 2002, 12:19
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Fine. Consistant with what TBotNS tells us. We also know from TBoyNS that Man went into space, there were human empires of which Typhon's was neither the first nor the greatest. …
20 Mar 2002, 12:10
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Oh bugger! Looks like the brush was a bush after all. :( I just pray there isn't a typo in there. :) But then: "that engendered life in whatever objects it fell upon" leav…
20 Mar 2002, 11:55
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Too much. She's altering *her* memory. The experiences she treasures replacing the past that distresses her. The use of language reall isn't that ambiguous: there is only one po…
20 Mar 2002, 11:45
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