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Mr Bollen, seconding Mr. Rabin's post, writes: But we already know the narrator's being called Able, so why conceal it? And how does "Able" connect with the other names mentioned…
15 Jan 2005, 22:29
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At the end of _The Knight_ Able (since this is the only name we know him by) hears "a wind [soughing] among the treetops, chanting a thousand names. Among them, both of mine." Bu…
15 Jan 2005, 20:00
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Garvaon is in love with Idnn--so kills Gilling out of jealousy or to spare Idnn the painful coitus/childbirth you mention. Able presages all this early in _The Knight_ when he wr…
03 Jan 2005, 22:01
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No. Wolfe was 42 when his father died in 1973; 46 when his mother passed over in 1977. msg…
07 Dec 2004, 12:36
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<Could it be that Sulpicius ordered that the room be kept for him until he came back, as long as necessary, and they have simply followed the order, since no other Autarch has bo…
04 Oct 2004, 12:44
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Wrote Nutria: " Wolfe worked over the New Sun books FOUR times before initial publication." Does anyone know if any of these earlier drafts still exist and/or if Mr. Wolfe has …
15 Jul 2003, 05:28
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Salvarsan (or 606 as it was sometimes called) was discovered in 1909. A relatively good movie about it (considering the times and the topic) was made in 1940, "Dr. Ehrlich's Magi…
13 May 2003, 00:54
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Marcus having written: I'm confused here. I always thought that the Sphinx was the daughter of Echidna, along with siblings Hydra, Cerberus, and the Nemean lion--all monsters co…
09 May 2003, 08:27
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Hello all. Delurking just long enough to post my own deranged thoughts about Wolfe's "Castaway." Is it just me or was anyone else bothered that the only named characters in the…
21 Feb 2003, 23:46
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