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WARNING: Mild spoilers below for Ian Banks' _Inversions_. I was writing a post for the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup about Ian Banks' novel _Inversions_ when I was struck by the r…
23 Apr 1999, 23:20
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... ... Actually, Stairway to Heaven was an encrypted message specifically beamed at me while I was looking for a job teaching philosophy. Why else the opening lines, "In regard …
23 Feb 1999, 22:11
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... Fear not, friend Nigel--your position is salvageable. I have it on good authority that Jesus' grasp of Latin was pretty weak. In fact, he hardly used it at all, preferring the…
30 Nov 1998, 23:48
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Careful, the Sergeant is sensitive to proposals involving fragging of noncoms; they undermine discipline. He does not recall Mr. Wolfe suggesting anything like this, but he will in…
25 Nov 1998, 21:57
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Mark Milman wrote: I, Sergeant Rock, wrote this??? Well, OK, this is one of the dumbest things I've written in a long, long time. I apologize for my egregious blunder. If I keep…
21 Oct 1998, 23:21
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... I know. Mani was the L. Ron Hubbard of the third century. Alga, your thesis that horror is inherently (will that do instead of "necessarily"?) dualistic is so thought-provoki…
18 Oct 1998, 23:04
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This brings to mind some thoughts I had on Terminus Est when I first read about it. The sword is described as having a hollowed blade, partially filled with mercury (with the rest …
18 Oct 1998, 22:29
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Rostrum said: I couldn't agree more. I think that the search for "hidden meanings" must have a stopping point, or it distracts you from the life of the story. It's regrettable tha…
16 Oct 1998, 00:07
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alga said: "Privatio boni" won't do for Gothic novels? _Necessarily_ dualistic? Umm...well you are a micro-organism of definite opinions, so I'll just gently suggest that I'm not …
15 Oct 1998, 23:22
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This is a compelling suggestion. The German names would make sense in that context, wouldn't they? Weren't these plays a Germanic phenomenon? ... Actually, I believe it's better t…
01 Aug 1998, 17:19
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As in "March". Yep. Hmm. Actually, the cut-throat is a kind of trout. Dunno why I never thought of that before (I guess I needed the amphibious hint to get me to jump to this conc…
04 Jul 1998, 00:07
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Sean, whose email account belongs to Mary said: Um. The Sergeant is not impressed. You see, he knows that the plane doesn't belong to Tzad--it belongs to Howard Hughes. During WW…
03 Jul 1998, 00:32
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