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Tolkien, in his exposition upon the Common Toungue and the languages of Middle Earth, says that he uses English to _represent_ the Common Tounge and as such names like Merriadoc, S…
01 Nov 1998, 20:35
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The chems were created before launch and on board before the human cargo awoke. Presumably their power source was a product of the culture that built the Whorl. There _may_ have b…
28 Oct 1998, 19:10
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Feh! Are smilies in use on this list. Should there be a few here? As best I can remember the reason given for the mercur was that in holding the blade upright the balance would b…
28 Oct 1998, 01:09
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My first thought - not much helpful - is that it is cearly an executioner's blade and has little other practical use. So a carnifex, or by extention Torturer, as that it what they …
28 Oct 1998, 00:59
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Okay, rather than consign you all to the mad house mayby I should first ask how much of this discussion depends on information from the LEXICON URTHUS which I have not read? I can…
13 Oct 1998, 23:17
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I'm inclines to agree. Making the sentence ...the fallen curtain wall, and as Thecla... would have remove the ambiguity but it isn't actually necessary to add the "and" for it to b…
28 Sep 1998, 09:10
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I finished it (my first reading) last week and found myself rather unsatisfied. Being Wolfe I was trying to keep my brain receptive to clues and curios but found nothing that real…
22 Sep 1998, 00:50
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Set your mail reader to to sort messages newest first and then you can read this list backwards... Matthew {It was an accident, honest. And I'm not admitting that's I'd read five …
20 Aug 1998, 22:34
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Ho ho. S'pose I could read em again, see if I can find something to post about ('though the depth and erudition of the analysis here is somewhat intimidating when I'm in a less tha…
20 Aug 1998, 01:27
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Sev tells (is told?) that the Last Inn is in a tree because building so close is [actively] prohibited. I've interpolated 'actively' there because such land would be highly prized …
10 Jul 1998, 00:58
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That's fine. But while one is searching for evidence to support a theory filling the lacunae with "it's a long time, anything could have happend" seems a little less than rigourous…
09 Jul 1998, 19:04
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No, the protocol officer flunked briefing you there. :) Once a President always a President. If you ever have a Very Large Cheque to waste on an after dinner speaker remember this…
09 Jul 1998, 02:54
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Um, my memory supplies the titbit that Valeria had reigned as Autarch _without_ her predecessors' memories and thus without the very important knowledge of the Second House. Also …
09 Jul 1998, 02:45
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I find that the logic fails me here. The existance of women in the order is a difference that distinguishes it from the priesthood that we know. Lacking any history between times …
09 Jul 1998, 02:19
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An Alta Vista search brings up only 5 references, all to a village in Brittany Beuzec-Cap-Sizun (commune de 1000 habitants en Bretagne) Most of the references are non existant I'…
03 Jul 1998, 01:39
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I'll go with that! Indeed. Writing that I became doubt stricken: the miners of Saltus plus the Autarch's silver stash etc and I had the impression that the Saltus mines were deep…
12 May 1998, 08:08
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and also Hi folks, I'm new here so if this is a rehash of what other's ahve said before I apologise. The age of Urth has, from my very first reason seemed to be immense. It seem…
11 May 1998, 11:09
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