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Hi, I'm not very good at framing these thoughts well but here is a question for the list. I have scanned the archives but didn't find this mentioned. Catherine/Katherine the pat…
10 Nov 2009, 13:58
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Hello, I am reading through old, old archives at the moment and came across speculation as to where Cim Glowing as a name could have come from. Sample post: http://www.urth.net/u…
19 Oct 2009, 14:29
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It's been pretty quiet here lately so I thought I might post a link: http://www.avclub.com/articles/john-crowley,32458/ John Crowley interview above. It's not bad. I like his de…
03 Sep 2009, 10:22
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Hi all, Not sure if this has been posted before; I couldn't find it in the archives. Check out the third definition of Jonah (from which Jonas is derived) as given below: http:/…
27 Jul 2009, 16:11
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I agree with you totally here Adam. How is "theft" defined outside of the idea of "property"? Given that what is the fundamental basis for assuming that people have a right to p…
20 May 2009, 09:10
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With that in mind, anyone seen Michael Andre-Drussi's article on the IROSF today? http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10536 I quite enjoyed it. Although I do like his style of w…
03 Apr 2009, 09:48
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I don't have the text to hand but IIRC there is a passage in IGJ where the Neighbours say that they worshipped the mother once but do not anymore ______________________ __________…
20 Mar 2009, 16:12
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I am fully on-board in the thoughts that Severian is a quasi-Christ (as has been said here a number of times and a number of different ways that he represents some of the aspects o…
10 Feb 2009, 11:14
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Hi all, I was just thinking on the story of The Cat in Endangered Species. Set in the same universe as BOTNS. Specifically, the following occurred to me: The titular moggie is to…
03 Feb 2009, 12:37
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I am coming late to Wolfe so I am not sure how the books were written. I was under the impression that BOTLS formed a singular entity and that BOTSS was a later book written in the…
26 Jan 2009, 17:00
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*Some mild BOTLS spoilers and more serious BOTSS spoilers below* I kind of had a problem with this as well in that the answer seems to lie outside the BOTLS. When I read BOTLS I a…
26 Jan 2009, 11:16
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Agreed Greg, furthermore, the image of a bowling ball resting on a tennis racket (as opposed to a tennis ball) is used to describe a super-dense object's effects on gravity. One…
19 Jan 2009, 12:59
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Has anyone heard of the book "The Three Suns of Amara" by William F. Temple? http://www.buy.com/prod/the-three-suns-of-amara/q/loc/106/36261637.html I read about it here: http://…
12 Dec 2008, 13:06
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Hi fellow Tim! While I think the central question of how far in the future of the book is unknowable (I don't think Wolfe knows based on interview) there are two strong options eme…
03 Dec 2008, 12:13
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Hi Son of Witz, I don't think there is a strong difference between them at all. Mantis came up with a useful (to me anyway) rule of thumb a while back. "Wolfe uses (or seems to …
03 Dec 2008, 12:02
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Just as an aside on the energy levels and Urth. I am sure most of you are aware of this scale: ***********************************************************************************…
02 Dec 2008, 16:49
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Hi Dave, I would be very much in agreement with you. And again, I do not think that the amount of time that has passed or the source of energy is very important to the text (unl…
02 Dec 2008, 16:17
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Another question that struck me recently - are there Inhuma on Urth? When Baldanders/Talos and Severian/Jolenta/Dorcas part in the woods after the staging of the play at House Abso…
02 Dec 2008, 13:18
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I recently got my brother hooked on Wolfe and he made a very interesting suggestion that I haven't found in the Archives. Could House Absolute be Mt Cheyenne the American undergrou…
01 Dec 2008, 11:02
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Hi, I hope all is well. Living as I do in Ireland it can be difficult to get copies of Gene Wolfe's books. So I was delighted today to be able to pick up a copy of Endangered Sp…
29 Aug 2008, 13:15
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I am really sorry, I don't have a copy of the book with me (I think I am going to have to post on this forum only when I am at home) so I can't give you text references but: In th…
11 Jul 2008, 13:32
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Brunian asks: > >>Jolenta is his sister? Cyriaca is his aunt? Agia and Agilus are his >> cousins? > >>Is there any evidence for any of this in the book? > > I don't know!!! I think…
10 Jul 2008, 15:01
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