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I think Otter. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> Wait, what? SIX book series? It's four, with an optional fifth, but what's the sixth? Stay healthy, Dan'l Danehy-Oa…
06 Dec 2020, 21:32
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But only through the accretion of highly suspect circumstantial evidence. There is no direct observation of any of this stuff. If we use Number 5's family as a "control" against …
27 Jul 2006, 22:06
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Tony and Daniel, Thank you for your comments. Both of you object to the theory on the basis that the abos are known to be shapechangers. This "knowledge" is based on hearsay. N…
27 Jul 2006, 18:24
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Thanks bsharp! I had no idea my formatting was so off ... Ori…
27 Jul 2006, 05:25
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Hello all,I've just finsihed re-reading FHC and something leapt out at me which seemed worth delurking to explore (whether it will seem worthwhile to anyone else is another matter …
25 Jul 2006, 19:08
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Thanks Roy, but I never left -- I just didn't have much to add to the discussion! Ori…
13 Jan 2005, 10:39
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For those with high-speed connections here is a video of a lump of sodium bouncing around in a lake: http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Stories/011.2/Videos/SodiumLake01.M…
12 Jan 2005, 10:34
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Thanks, mantis! ori…
11 May 2000, 09:33
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Hi mantis, I've always been interested in reading "The Computer..." but I've never been able to find it. Is it a chapbook? Anthologized? Thanks, ori…
09 May 2000, 18:14
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In other words, you have no proof. I am genuinely disappointed, Alex, as I was hoping you'd come up with something imaginative or at the very least interesting to buttress your p…
24 Nov 1999, 21:54
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Alex, I'm sorry that you disagree. If TBOTNS is a successful exercise in theodicy for you, why not just point out to me the place in the book where the most powerful argument jus…
23 Nov 1999, 23:41
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...As opposed to the last two thousand years of European and world history? Please explain to me how it survives, where we see evidence of this. Ori…
23 Nov 1999, 23:28
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Ron Hale-Evans wrote: "But Wolfe has created a "secondary world" in the Tolkien sense. In a very real way, it is *Wolfe* who is the God of Yesod and Briah. The Increate that he de…
22 Nov 1999, 19:52
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Ordinarily, Alex, I'd be happy to give you the last word and happily walk away from this debate, which has been recycled a few time before. However, something which you wrote make…
20 Nov 1999, 17:46
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Alex David Groce wrote: "Well, you can interpret BOTNS in this manner, but I think you've failed to provide an argument that convinces those who believe Wolfe succeeded in doing w…
20 Nov 1999, 15:22
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Nicholas Gevers: Hmmm ... well, you may have a point. I'm not a Catholic, and so I've never had to reconcile myself to the worldly actions of an institution which I believe to be…
20 Nov 1999, 13:55
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I think my quarrel, if you can call it that, is with people who invert the plain meaning of a text without providing a cogent analysis which supports their view. Interviews with G…
19 Nov 1999, 18:31
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The interpretive powers of the cabbalists of the Urth list are subtle indeed if the plain meaning of the text of TBOTNS requires a defense! I urge anyone with eyes to see to open …
19 Nov 1999, 16:51
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While these lists of inconsistencies are interesting, they don't seem to justfy calling Sev a liar. The closest I can come to a model where Sev is a liar about something important…
08 Nov 1999, 21:59
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For those of you who wish to study first-hand the posthistoric world and to visit and photograph the era's few extant buildings, but lack the time or the resources to travel up and…
10 Oct 1999, 17:20
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Hi Urthlings, I haven't been posting lately but have been enjoying very much the threads of those who have ... particularly the Ozy v. Sev comparisson, which I don't think I'll wa…
20 Sep 1999, 22:05
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Ranjit, Allow me to join everyone else in thanking you for providing a forum for we loup-garous. I can only hope that the heat and light generated here gives you as much pleasure…
25 May 1999, 16:02
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Actually, given Sev's career with war and women, plus the trajectory of his life taking him from out of nowhere and dropping him in the throne of a mighty empire at war, isn't Sev …
30 Apr 1999, 00:18
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Further to my Grand Unified Severain Theory that's captured the hearts and minds of this list (please, no autographs) it has struck me that if the Hieros are part abo, or if their …
30 Apr 1999, 00:15
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I very much enjoyed Jonathan's post, thoughb I disagreed with him on the same point I'm about to address below. This is a very interesting point, and brings to mind Eco's "The Isl…
29 Apr 1999, 19:48
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Thank you, Nicholas, for your generous words. My post, I think, was a little muddled, so I'd like to quickly re-iterate: I agree with your analysis that the idea of an Urth witho…
29 Apr 1999, 19:19
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I think we're talking to cross-purposes here. The fact that bits and pieces of the Christian story crop up in TBOTNS may mean nothing more than that Christianity was once part of …
29 Apr 1999, 18:45
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Further to my Grand Unified Severain Theory (or G.U.S.T.) outlined in the "Speak, Memory" post, I thought I'd point out a few more hypotheses for your consideration: 1) Tzad as s…
28 Apr 1999, 00:59
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Rostrum wrote: "Using the author's biography and alleged intent to interpret a novel can be interesting, but I prefer interpretations that stand on their own support from the text…
28 Apr 1999, 00:51
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alga wrote: "Now wait a sec here. Tzadkiel is not Michael but s/he certainly is an angel, not an archangel like Michael, but a sufficiently great and important being for Urth/Usha…
24 Apr 1999, 19:19
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Mantis and Mitchell A. Bailey raise some outstanding points regarding the connection between Sev's choseness and his eidetic memory. I am in complete agreement with Mitchell that …
22 Apr 1999, 21:30
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I'd like to thank everyone on the list for the warm welcome. In particular, thanks to alga for cluing me in on that HTML problem. I apologise for cluttering up the list with all …
22 Apr 1999, 19:58
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Certain things said about the Deluge, Hierodules and the Increate have inspired me to de-lurk and vent a bit about what I consider to be a rather uncritical acceptance of the "reli…
21 Apr 1999, 00:18
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