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Support for the merger of the Urth and Whorl mailing lists is overwhelming. There's also a lot of interest in a list for other authors -- as long as they're the Right Kind of auth…
27 Aug 1997, 21:41
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Support for the merger of the Urth and Whorl mailing lists is overwhelming. There's also a lot of interest in a list for other authors -- as long as they're the Right Kind of auth…
27 Aug 1997, 21:41
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OK, it's been a coupla months now; excitement over the completion of the Long Sun series has died down; we've all had a chance to settle in. So, the big question: is it worthwhile…
16 Aug 1997, 15:32
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OK, it's been a coupla months now; excitement over the completion of the Long Sun series has died down; we've all had a chance to settle in. So, the big question: is it worthwhile…
16 Aug 1997, 15:05
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Because I can't find my copy of Dr Island, I can pass my time with this instead. For what it's worth, the quoted poem appears to be "Enoch Arden", by Al Tennyson. There was a sil…
09 Aug 1997, 22:34
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Milton, Il Penseroso, which begins Hence vain deluding joyes, The brood of folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all …
05 Aug 1997, 16:35
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Apropos of nothing, how come the ribbon still showed after Agilus took off his mask? -r. strange thoughts that occur on the bus to work…
01 Jul 1997, 13:23
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OK, so it's a Whorl Train, but I have that song in my head. And I'll thank you to stop badmouthing Philadelphia, my adopted hometown, at least until I can get the hell out of here.…
24 Jun 1997, 15:41
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_They Have Scientists_ The May 31 issue of Science News reports that researchers at the Royal College of Surgeons and Dental Science at Kings College in London have found that BET…
03 Jun 1997, 09:07
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Gene Wolfe answers questions online! Remember, though: it's cheating to ask any questions that have already been packed up and delivered on the Whorl Train. ranjit -- forwarded…
17 May 1997, 10:58
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Gene Wolfe answers questions online! Remember, though: it's cheating to ask any questions that have already been packed up and delivered on the Whorl Train. ranjit -- forwarded…
17 May 1997, 10:58
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Um, does it have to be in the form of a question? I feel like I'm dealing with a tricky gen-ie, and if I say "Can you give me a brief biography of Maytera Mint" the response will …
15 May 1997, 19:23
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Here are some tidbits of information of dubious utility. In reading the newspaper I came across the term "next friend," which in a legal context apparently means something like a …
22 Apr 1997, 14:08
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Why is the extremely minor (?) character Maytera Betel always carefully described as dark and sleepy-eyed? It's bothering me. Sounds dangerously like a deliberate clue, like Tuss…
15 Apr 1997, 01:05
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Mantis, congrats on the good review of Q&D from the one critic who really counts... I really like this explanation (by the way, to whomever asked, I think the way we know that Pik…
11 Apr 1997, 11:07
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The URTH mailing list is now open! Its primary purpose is the discussion of Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. To subscribe to URTH, send "subsingle" to urth-request at lists.best.com I…
05 Apr 1997, 23:27
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The URTH mailing list is now open! Its primary purpose is the discussion of Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. To subscribe to URTH, send "subsingle" to urth-request at lists.best.com I…
05 Apr 1997, 23:27
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Distractions... 1. Those of you who want to learn to talk like Tick should look for the book _Anguish Languish_ by Howard L. Chace (late '50s?). It's an entire book of familiar p…
19 Mar 1997, 12:44
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OK, I've been restraining myself, but perhaps the time has come to act. Do we need... A mailing list for discussing THE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN A mailing list for GENE WOLFE stuff…
13 Mar 1997, 10:57
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Come to think of it, not only does Silk chow down at Auk's expense, he also DOES cast himself from a high place (Hy's window), and he DOES accept the, um, crown of Viron. Questio…
10 Mar 1997, 23:39
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The shade seems to be a strip which covers about half the sun, and rotates around the sun so that it's day on one side of the whorl and night on the other. The glare of the sun bl…
28 Feb 1997, 19:09
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Rereading Nightside. What the heck's going on between Silk and Hyacinth? I-Ch 6 - Silk has dismissed the monitor and snuck into Hyacinth's bedroom. "As he bent over her, somethi…
28 Feb 1997, 13:31
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[sorry about the title; I just couldn't resist!] Dominus reminds me that a major character in that other classic of Generation Starship Fiction, Heinlein's _Orphans of the Sky,_ w…
24 Feb 1997, 17:54
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mantis: Re: the smashed door, okay, I like it! However, there's this problem in that it seems like Marble was dreaming that scene . . . the text has the surreal quality we ass…
19 Feb 1997, 10:54
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mantis: Hey, anybody--how come Rose's door was smashed open/down at around the time of her death? And nobody fixed it? Talk about surreal . . . Is this a question, or a quiz…
18 Feb 1997, 12:09
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Here's a puny attempt at a timeline of recent history on the Whorl. Help me fill in the details -- or throw it away and start over. About 300BE (Before Exodus): Typhon, last Mona…
04 Feb 1997, 11:40
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Inconsistent or not, I don't think there's any doubt that Pas is Typhon. I don't remember exactly when it occurs, but when Pas appears in a monitor or Window, he's shown with one …
22 Jan 1997, 13:42
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As list administrator, I decree that discussion of Wolfe's views on lamarckism is acceptable as long as you pay a Lamarck Tax of 200% in Long Sun content. In an attempt to *forest…
20 Jan 1997, 20:43
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Some announcements related to the WHORL mailing list and web pages: * The ARCHIVES are now available on the web page. There's not much now, but (if I got my programs working prop…
03 Dec 1996, 21:03
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I've been trying to figure out how various characters and other things on the Whorl got their names. I'll make a list on the web page if you send your contributions. Master Xiphi…
27 Nov 1996, 21:06
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Some clues: when Sand and Hammerstone are talking to Silk about soldiers and the Plan of Pas in the tunnels, they mention something like a couple hundred cities, and about half a m…
27 Nov 1996, 15:29
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