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I've just finished it, and I was getting really worried as the end approached without Silk turning up. All along I did wonder if he ever would, or whether Horn would realize that t…
08 Feb 2001, 12:44
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In the introduction to "Storeys from the Old Hotel", Wolfe describes "Parkroads" as (quoting it from memory) "as good a piece as I've ever turned out". This is high praise indeed, …
31 Aug 2000, 12:26
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Wow! What a good book! There are so many arresting moments, both hinted-at revelations and surprises pulled out of nowhere. Even "little" things like Mora's personal problems are …
24 Aug 2000, 11:56
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It was, too! I have just finished reading my best present. Two things struck me: first, the apparent simplicity of the writing. It reminds me of a drawing of a winter landscape by …
10 Feb 2000, 17:48
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I was reading "Three Fingers" again recently, and came up with a few questions. I still don't know what it's about! Michael shows a Snow White model to a woman who comments that s…
17 Dec 1999, 13:08
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How are all the deductions about calendars and saints' days affected by the idea of the Commonwealth being in the Southern Hemisphere? Personally I'm convinced that it's North of t…
19 Aug 1999, 14:31
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[spectacled bear coefficient = high] [balances pole on end] In _The Iron Man_ by Ted Hughes, there's a giant space creature, the space-bat-angel-dragon. [tries to climb pole] Al…
10 May 1999, 09:03
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Maybe she's a little older than that; could she have been born at the very start of Severian's reign, for instance? SBear. Peter Westlake, Harlequin Ltd, Barrington Hall, Barring…
13 Apr 1999, 10:02
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I intended to read the Book again before asking this question, but you can't read a book that size at the drop of a hat, so I'll ask while I still remember. Hence lack of reference…
31 Mar 1999, 13:38
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... Nope! Far too complicated. Tony's theory, which I worked out independently following his original posting and even extended a little, is much simpler, scarier, and fits the st…
02 Mar 1999, 09:54
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I've been reading my Lexicon Urthus Additions and Errata III, which turned up in the post a couple of days ago - thank you very much, mantis! - and noticed something about the foot…
18 Nov 1998, 19:05
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Hasn't Wolfe said that Gyoll is the Orinoco? As usual, I can't find the place where I read this. But I looked at an atlas yesterday and was quite surprised. Because if it's true, t…
20 Jul 1998, 09:23
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At 20:41 1998/07/09 GMT, mantis wrote: - And why is the area near the wall kept clear? Someone suggests it is to allow the city to expand, but Baldanders says it isn't for that. L…
09 Jul 1998, 22:49
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Adam - thanks for explaining A & M. The extraterrestrial mind contacted by the Cumaean I took to be just some ancient Fomalhautian of no other particular significance. I did wonde…
22 Jun 1998, 12:12
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... Spectacled Bear is still re-reading the Book of the New Sun, having been saving 5HC for a time when he's wide enough awake to stand some chance of following it. In the process …
12 Jun 1998, 01:10
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Does anyone think that I was right about the second appearance of Pike's ghost? Or is it too obvious/silly/boring? Spectacled bear.…
15 May 1998, 12:02
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Is there any special reason for the _Whorl_'s name? It doesn't seem like an obvious choice for a hollowed-out asteroid. The only idea I have about this is so infinitely improbable…
14 May 1998, 11:26
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Are Vironese names allowed to consist of more than one word provided they are still real animals / plants / minerals? Some time ago I heard a researcher on the radio describing her…
09 May 1998, 00:48
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Well, I'll start with a couple of hints, and then put the spoiler right at the end. First, why do we see Suzanne's daughter? I think she's there to tell us what Suzanne looks like…
07 May 1998, 15:25
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Reading through the Urth archives before joining this list, I came across someone asking what the fantastic element is in "Suzanne Delage". I had wondered that when I first read it…
06 May 1998, 12:34
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