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Tim Powers? A fantasy and SF writer who is best known for The Anubis Gates and whose book On Stranger Tides is being turned into a Pirates of Caribbean movie. Now I have no clue w…
04 Aug 2010, 18:38
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Josh, When I asked you politely to focus on Wolfe instead of other issues, note that no one condemned you or supported you. The jury is still out I think. As for my own opinion--…
02 Aug 2010, 01:00
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Could If I remember correctly, the Autarch's craft employs "anti-iron" as some sort of contra-terrene matter that repels gravity. Maybe this sled is made of such stuff and they ar…
13 Jul 2010, 21:47
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I un-lurk to agree with David Stockhoff. Josh, if you could talk more about Wolfe and maybe expound further upon your thoughts, I would personally appreciate it. I think who we …
08 Jul 2010, 02:44
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Agreed.…
24 May 2010, 15:06
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I respect your opinion. From my vantage point, most belief in the supernatural is based in our instinctive reflex to impose cause and effect on everything. rob…
21 May 2010, 03:33
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So what do you say to your fellow solipsists? rob…
21 May 2010, 03:01
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Who is the Enemy on the Right?…
19 May 2010, 18:39
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I am in mid-Finch and right now I agree with Jordan for somewhat different reasons. As I read Finch, Ambergris seems pretty dreary and doesn't fascinate me as it did in the other b…
15 May 2010, 00:32
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Well, hypothetically, if a youthful grandma had been resurrected I would definitely take a second look. :) Rob…
11 May 2010, 16:24
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Hi folks, I am a member of Goodreads, a site where readers and authors can share their experiences with books. Each member can post a rating and a small review of books that they …
09 Apr 2010, 00:38
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An authorized copy of Best Introduction to the Mountains is online at: http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/wolfemountains.html rob…
12 Jan 2010, 15:18
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"When I Was Ming the Merciless" would also make a good short. If you do it without shifting perspectives, it can be filmed in one room with two people. rob t.…
16 Apr 2009, 20:28
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Additionally, I think there are hints that the sails in the Ship are more like the mirrors in Father Inire's quarters than standard solar sails. rob t.…
18 Feb 2009, 16:57
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Richard K. Morgan reminded me of cyberpunk. The closest authors to Wolfe in my mind (in terms of prose style) are Paul Park and John Crowley, though I don't think that anyone in F/…
13 Feb 2009, 14:25
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The question "can New Sun be adapted to another media" boggles my mind. rob t.…
27 Nov 2008, 03:09
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i would love to see that project. Also i would be interested in contributing to a list-based musical effort... rob t.…
07 Nov 2008, 12:36
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actually, i own a copy of it. i dont have tape-to-tape facilites but i might be able to whip up some hissy mp3s over the next couple of weeks.... rob t…
06 Nov 2008, 22:24
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Not really. I think "Lady of Mazes" requires very close reading for it to work well and if you are not into it soon, it might not work for you at all. If you want to read a better …
05 Nov 2008, 14:45
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On Wed Jun 11 14:29 , Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> sent: Perhaps the sail technology used on the Ship is more exotic than a simple solar sail. For example, I point to the "mirr…
11 Jun 2008, 19:14
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Take a look: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/02/nanoengineers-create.html Of course the Goths and the black metal types will love this blacker-than-black material too.... rob…
03 Jun 2008, 13:55
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On Fri May 23 13:26 , Adam Thornton <adam at io.com> sent: I've been reading the Virga books and I must agree. However, my favorite Schroeder is still _Permanence_. Not only a gr…
23 May 2008, 17:48
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On Wed May 14 9:36 , Oliver Wakefield <radontrooper at hotmail.com> sent: I enjoyed Urth. However, my strategy for Wolfe is generally "read and enjoy the first round and leave th…
14 May 2008, 13:47
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I agree about Schismatrix. It is a great book and his most ambitious work though later books are better written IMHO. As far as his later work, I am a big fan of Distraction bu…
14 May 2008, 10:00
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Funny that Vance and D&D are mentioned in the same post. I have heard that Vance is one of the influences on the wizard spells from the original AD&D and I believe them. The Pris…
05 Jun 2007, 15:42
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Did someone say Alexander Jablokov? I strongly recommend his first novel "Carve the Sky" and now that Wolfe is invoked, I can see some connections. For example, "Sky" has a very i…
15 Jun 2006, 17:45
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