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New wolfe story online. http://www.infinitematrix.net/stories/shorts/under_hill.html Haven't read it yet Paul…
07 May 2002, 21:07
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But remeber, the text of the Book of the New Sun came into the hands of Gene Wolfe *after* Severian wrote it and threw it into space in the lead coffer. Wolfe is just the translato…
22 Apr 2002, 13:51
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Mantis should be interested in this: I put this up on my Wolfe News Blog too, but I thought I'd mention it here. The hierodules are the aliens in the New Sun series, but I also di…
17 Mar 2002, 20:29
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I'm working on restructuring my wolfe site (Ok, so Worldcon SanJose's website Hugo award got me thinking) and I've gone to blog format for my news and rumors page. Examine it if y…
07 Feb 2002, 19:29
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My mom actually did some of those experiments with earthworms back when she worked as an animal psychologist. The effect seems to be illusory, and it is very difficult to really e…
26 Jun 2001, 08:51
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Severian vs Cugel? Inire vs Rhialto? And nobody said they were coming to philly for worldcon... Is that really true? Paul…
22 Jun 2001, 09:33
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Any listmembers going to be at worldcon in my hometown of Philadelphia this year? Anyone know if wolfe is going to come? Paul *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Boo…
04 Jun 2001, 12:44
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Here's my translation: "Was a grouse" (no that doesn't make sense) "not like you. I say, you will not ever grunt over me again" (reference to the president's sexual relat…
07 May 2001, 12:13
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Here's my translation: "Was a grouse" (no that doesn't make sense) "not like you. I say, you will not ever grunt over me again" (reference to the president's sexual relat…
07 May 2001, 12:13
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SPOILERS Since the director's cut neatly resolved the issue of whether deckerd is a replicant or not, I guess the Wolfe-related question is, is Severian a replicant? What *is* u…
21 Dec 2000, 19:52
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I don't think its supposed to look like Wolfe. Is there any reason it couldn't be the Mother? It could be vaguely feminine... Paul *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's…
14 Dec 2000, 16:48
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I dunno. It kinda reminded me of the scene where Rhialto and co go off for the source of IOUN stones. Don't they have some kind of flying platform? Paul *This is WHORL, for dis…
12 Dec 2000, 12:40
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I also think it is unlikely that wolfe would put himself in the Short Sun series as the outsider or some such. BUT: Wolfe is "in" the New Sun, as the "translator" of the manuscrip…
09 Dec 2000, 12:14
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358 years is an odd number seven years from 358 will be 365 years. Maybe something significant will happen to Silk in the 365th year, like Enoch, who "was not". Silk will be 365…
01 Sep 2000, 11:57
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I alluded to this when I finally got through reading Blue's Waters: doesn't Horn state that he included details in his previous work (the short sun) that were of a technical natur…
21 Apr 2000, 22:01
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Its also been suggested that the main enemy, and actual identity of Babylon (besides Rome) is non-Christian Judaism ("those who say they are Jews and are not", and all) I would thi…
19 Apr 2000, 14:33
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Even fewer people know there is no such book as "RevelationS". :-) It's the Revelation of St. John, or the Apocalypse of St. John, or Revelation, or Apocalypse, or The Revelation o…
11 Apr 2000, 08:48
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What if Blue has lighter gravity than the whorl? Paul *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.…
22 Dec 1999, 08:48
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I find the name speculation interesting, but also don't know what to make of it. I consider the story a dunsanyian or Clarkashtonian pastiche, and the god's name recalls to me dun…
19 Dec 1999, 22:03
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Well, when Vonnegut writes "We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." it's certainly m…
17 Dec 1999, 08:56
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If I recall, when we discusses long sun the question of the literary purpose of the long drawn-out description of the mechancial engineering process of talus production came up. H…
27 Nov 1999, 00:00
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the memories contained in a single cell certainly doesn't have a scientific basis. There was some speculation about rna-memory transfer (based on statiticly invalid samples) from p…
02 Nov 1999, 21:29
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Does anyone have a list of, or even partial knowledge of, the stories that will be anthologized in the new collection Strange Travelers? I tried emailing Tor and David Hartwell, b…
26 Oct 1999, 16:09
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What Nutria would say: ;-) Watchmen begins and ends with Rorshach's Journal. The journal reveals the sordid plot to us (readers of Watchmen), but it also about to be revealed to t…
16 Sep 1999, 20:44
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Head transplants any day now... http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/stinwenws03005.html?1058210 "I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, | paul …
31 Aug 1999, 09:34
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It is somewhat amusing that BOTNS is a time travel story, and Severian sleeps with his grandmother, but the means of so doing is not time travel (at least not by severian). Any SF…
25 Jun 1999, 15:31
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I believe the line was that the Orthodox church claimed the suns were fading as punishment for men's sins. But the rules don't say whether this is the correct interpretation. I wi…
24 Nov 1998, 16:02
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If you mean Scott >Haring<, he's back as editor of Pyramid. Paul…
23 Nov 1998, 16:40
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That is disturbing. I'm glad I got my playtest copy archived... I dunno. What do they got that only Gene got? So they call God Pancreator and have ALL the suns fading out due to s…
23 Nov 1998, 16:34
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I'm not sure what the problem is. There really are alot of illiterates who are self-conscious *and see gods*. The Yanomamo are quite self-consious and yet, Spirit of the Rainforest…
30 Oct 1998, 17:00
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For a literary of supernatural good in "horror" or more properly the "thriller" genre, see the novels of Charles Williams. He explicitly portrays the Divine as a Terrible Good. I …
20 Oct 1998, 07:58
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Anybody have a problem with: 1. Dwarves on the shoulders of BLIND giants? 2. shock cavalry made up of women riding arsinothers (iirc)? 2a. Cavalry in the New Sun is ostensibly s…
19 Oct 1998, 14:02
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I heard Martin Amis interviewed when his book came out. He made the interesting point that morality can be defined by whether or not an action is different when run in reverse or n…
04 Sep 1998, 09:05
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While I realize that there is no accounting for taste: "BAH, HUMBUG!" I also have to admit that I haven't read Illuminatus, only Schrodinger's Cat and the first Historical Illumina…
30 Aug 1998, 17:42
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Hey, I'm going to worldcon thrusday night thru saturday. (last minute decision!) Please email me if you are going to be there. "I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, …
05 Aug 1998, 14:26
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Labyrinths *are* a symbol for the world-order in ancient iconography. I have come across older writers using the term to refer to the twists and turns of life. see http://www.eski…
08 Jul 1998, 08:54
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Whether Wolfe wants to torture us or not, Severian the writer IS a torturer and if he thinks that that is the kind of relationship an author has with his reader it's not suprising …
18 Jun 1998, 08:12
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Maybe this refers to the shape of the commonwealth after the flood, in sort of a prescient glimpse? "I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, | paul + | + ela…
18 Jun 1998, 08:08
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Some of you beat me to these, but... Terry Gilliam should direct Severian Antonio Banderas Dorcas: Wynona Ryder Baldanders: Andre The Giant Dr. Talos: Gilbert Gottfried Jole…
13 May 1998, 13:26
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The story about napoleon that fits weers description would seem to be that Napoleon was one of the first to receive a colostomy bag. He kept his hand in his coat to keep it from pa…
01 May 1998, 14:23
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Could they also be coffin nails? Someone else writes: Doesn't it also have photo-synthesizing humans? (like the Green Man?) BTW, I've updated my web site lately if you haven't l…
23 Apr 1998, 13:37
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SPOILER WARNING if you haven't read Peace. The final story of the geese seems to be crucial for making sense of Peace. As Adam Stephanides already said Weer is the one who has dwi…
17 Apr 1998, 13:41
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While your first example of Severians failures rings ture, I'm not so sure abotu the second. It seemed analogous to what happens in C.S. Lewis's _Perelandra_, where the devil is de…
12 Mar 1998, 08:49
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Hey, that's *my* web site. :-) Jim graciously let me put his interview up. Or are you refering to something else? http://world.std.com/~pduggan/wolfe.html "I am an impure thinker…
10 Mar 1998, 07:42
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Isn't Nessus also one of the circles of Hell? (assuming my AD&D knowledge hasn't deceived me :-) ) "I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, | paul + | + elat…
11 Feb 1998, 07:39
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Since I'm the one who asked Wolfe the question on the People Website interview (http://pathfinder.com/people/interactive/wolfetrans.html) I'll state that I'm certain he is giving t…
01 Feb 1998, 21:32
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I had originally thought that that was a reference to Jesus words about being able to raise up stones as sons of abraham as a warning to those who trusted in their heritage to save…
20 Nov 1997, 13:36
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Niven's "Inferno"? "I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, | paul + | + elated, disillusioned, shocked, comforted, and I | --|-- have to …
02 Nov 1997, 17:30
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But not eternal salvation. He is only a "little Christ" making life better. Bwah ha ha ha! Yer kidding rite? "casual" references? mentioned "only" once? That's supposed to mean it…
28 Jun 1997, 21:29
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Heirodule was me. A bit pretentious, but hey. That was wolfe's answer to the second part of my question. I asked How far in earth's future were the new sun books set, and how much…
27 May 1997, 12:15
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