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Sorry to hijack this post, but could the person responsible unsubscribe me from the Urth list? Thank you,Pedro From: gerry at bindweed.com To: urth at lists.urth.net Date: Wed, 2…
23 Nov 2011, 18:50
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Welcome! Pedro…
08 Oct 2011, 23:37
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No problem, glad to be of help. Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:37:13 -0400 From: kierkegaurdian at gmail.com To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: Re: (urth) Omnibus Editions Thank y…
22 Mar 2011, 18:33
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There is an omnibus edition of Short Sun: http://www.amazon.com/book-short-sun-waters-jungles/dp/0739416898/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid00814848&sr=1-8 There are editions of t…
22 Mar 2011, 17:31
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I agree with your stance overall. All I'm saying is to be carefull (no one in particular) with the wolfean "fundamentalism". Wolfe isn't beyond error neither does he know everythin…
17 Jan 2011, 01:07
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Truth be told, there are other things: chemosynthesis, which many bacteria and archaea use. However it doesn't solve the problem in any way, so you're right anyway. I agree full…
17 Jan 2011, 00:46
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Hey, I'm all for it. I just think that it is a bit too much when people analyse every little bit of info from the books expecting it to be fully explainable and scientifically dem…
17 Jan 2011, 00:40
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Jesus guys/gals, this is a fantasy work, not "hard-scifi". IMHO you people are reading way to much into Wolfe when it comes to the actual science portrayed in the books. But that's…
16 Jan 2011, 21:50
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As it has already been said "The amount of sunlight hitting the area of human skin is not enough energty to allow homeothermy and movement". What that means is that it is physicall…
16 Jan 2011, 21:46
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Thanks, merry Christmas to you and your family and everyone else at the Urth list. Pedro Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:30:43 -0500 From: miltonwjackson at gmail.com To: urth at u…
24 Dec 2010, 22:52
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I've only read Kraken, his latest, and I enjoyed it very much. But then again, I'm partial to giant squids. Pedro From: gerryq at indigo.ie To: urth at lists.urth.net Da…
21 Dec 2010, 21:55
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I don't see why is it wishful thinking on the part of the blog author (it's not even the author, this is a list by Mielville for the blog site). Mielville didn't claim Wolfe was So…
19 Dec 2010, 14:31
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Thanks. Pedro From: Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 11:14:58 -0800 To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: Re: (urth) Key to the Universe On Dec 17, 2010,…
17 Dec 2010, 19:25
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And which structures are those? From: Sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 09:52:55 -0800 To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: Re: (urth) Key to the Universe …
17 Dec 2010, 18:50
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Welcome, Daniel! Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:29:47 +0100 From: danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com To: urth at urth.net Subject: (urth) I ATE THE SOLAR CYCLE Hi all, I just joi…
17 Sep 2010, 07:29
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Personaly I never had problems with a movie (or trilogy or something) version of BotNS. Some people have expressed the idea that it is impossible to capture all the complexity of t…
29 Jul 2010, 12:31
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Now everything makes sense! Pedro…
24 Jul 2010, 19:39
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Nope, I don't have any personal experience or first hand knowlege about it. It just seemed that you were presenting the "city as a port" as fact instead of as an hypothesis (and on…
24 Jul 2010, 17:49
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This links resume well some of the evidence: http://members.cox.net/pyrophyllite/Tiwanaku.html It also seems that the actual lake port was at Iwawe, which was connected by …
24 Jul 2010, 17:38
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Why is it a port? Pedro…
24 Jul 2010, 17:22
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Welcome, Ryan! Pedro From: ryan at liftingfaces.com Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:54:17 -0400 To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: (urth) An Introduction... Hello, My name …
16 Jun 2010, 10:57
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There was also the idea that the Wall was an old particle accelerator, although I personaly never found any evidence for it, logical or otherwise.…
11 Jun 2010, 13:18
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Precisely. But it strikes me as lacking civility or even a simple willingness to be clearly understood when you use a term in a way that likely isn't shared by others. Insane, of …
06 Jun 2010, 18:10
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Glad we can agree on something.…
06 Jun 2010, 18:03
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Dstockhoff.…
06 Jun 2010, 17:55
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I agree. And on who's authority do you know who is "sane" (that is, who's version of the World more or less conforms with the World) and who isn't? Your own? The Bible? It's ri…
06 Jun 2010, 17:48
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I agree with everything you say, even though I don't share your world/religious views. Thanks for sharing.…
06 Jun 2010, 17:44
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I didn't use any terms, you did. So I don't understand what is insane about my usage of terms that I didn't use in the first place. I just asked a straight question that you answer…
06 Jun 2010, 16:59
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Fair enough. Guess I missed the memo on Brunians' views and I misinterpreted him. However it is in my opinion pointless to argue such views (or at least I have no interest in argui…
06 Jun 2010, 15:02
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What!??!?! I'm not reading a book and demanding that the author makes it "easier" for me; I'm asking for a straight answer from someone that accuses me (and others) of beying i…
06 Jun 2010, 13:41
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At this point I'm not confusing anything. No, I don't think that possessing verbal logic and consistency in one's arguments equal sanity. However that is not what I asked you. I ju…
06 Jun 2010, 12:57
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Please forgive my ignorance and stupidity, dear sir. Could you please just make things simple for this poor ignorant soul and provide a straight answer/argument to why I'm insane? …
06 Jun 2010, 12:21
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So you basically don't have an argument. That's sane!…
06 Jun 2010, 12:03
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I'm still not certain exactly why I'm insane, though.…
06 Jun 2010, 11:28
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Oh, thanksfor clearing that up. I'm just nuts then ;)…
06 Jun 2010, 11:18
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Thanks for that pearl of wisdom. Thanks to you I'll apply tomorrow for a place at the local sanatorium.…
06 Jun 2010, 10:53
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I'm an atheist. Sometimes I do feel here and there a certain morality aspect rising from the books at certain points, but I can't say I ever felt preached to by Wolfe. Plus, I view…
05 Jun 2010, 18:48
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I don't see exactely why Humanity wouldn't still be here. The Human landscape, as you put it, would certainly be different, though.…
03 Jun 2010, 17:14
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They would have kept their previous beliefs or something else would have come along in the meanwhile. It's not like their ancestors were atheists.…
03 Jun 2010, 17:09
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That's fair. I won't get into that discussion though, since I'm a non-believer and there's no point in doing so. My interest was in to what extent is that reflected on the Urth's b…
03 Jun 2010, 17:06
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Severian travelled back in time and became the Conciliator. So the Jesus "equivalent" already happened in Urth's past. And maybe Jesus too further in the past, and maybe Severian a…
03 Jun 2010, 14:57
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I agree. The Conciliator was the "jesus" of Urth. And that already happened in the past of Urth.…
03 Jun 2010, 09:40
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You mean the Wall around Nexus? I think it's a cyclothron (a particle accelerator). Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 10:39:37 -0400 From: transentient at gmail.com To: urth at lists.urth…
18 May 2010, 14:43
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No problem there, he's a mercenary. Persians used plenty of them, usually greeks, but it's not far-fetched to imagine an Italian contingent in he's army. This is one of those c…
21 Jan 2010, 21:19
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Nice, I didn't know the book was coming so soon. Thanks for posting this (even if it has already been posted). Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 10:21:49 -0500 From: godelescherbach at gm…
19 Jan 2010, 15:49
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LOL…
16 Jan 2010, 11:47
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I don't want to meddle to much on this discussion but your statements make me curious. "My list of necessary things includes the YOUR list. Basically you're OK with extort…
19 May 2009, 22:17
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________________________________ I can write a book about a tribsman who doesn't want to do "any kind of wrong". He's "job" as the son of a chieftain means he has to train with …
18 Mar 2009, 03:21
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---------------------------------------- As I stated before, there was no clear, "general disarmament" in Western and Northern Europe like you seem to imply. If it was, and …
18 Mar 2009, 03:00
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---------------------------------------- Good that someone got what I was trying to say. Of course, if my views are "correct" or not is something else entirely and only you can an…
17 Mar 2009, 17:45
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