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I see a connection with Newspeak here, but more in the sense that Wolfe is rejecting Orwell's pessimism (if I'm interpreting him correctly) about the human mind's ability to overco…
12 Jun 2002, 20:19
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I see a connection with Newspeak here, but more in the sense that Wolfe is rejecting Orwell's pessimism (if I'm interpreting him correctly) about the human mind's ability to overco…
12 Jun 2002, 20:18
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I think it's at the very end of Claw, in the scene where Jolenta dies. As I recall, it goes something like: "In the end there is only love, only that divinity. That we are capable…
05 Jul 2000, 14:06
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I like him, but I'd agree Vineland wasn't one of his best (and neither was Crying of Lot 49, which seems to be the most commonly read of his books because it's the shortest). I f…
27 Oct 1999, 19:54
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I was only kidding about that Kramer-ish casting call ... but did anyone else see the final episode tonight and immediately think of Severian's examination in _Urth_ in front of al…
15 May 1998, 00:43
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How about Kim Basinger?…
13 May 1998, 23:46
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Oh, and I could see Karen Allen (circa Raiders of the Lost Ark) as Agia. Bob, writing for I swear the last time today…
13 May 1998, 01:21
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What? No theme song by Celine Dion?…
13 May 1998, 01:20
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And in honor of the all the Last Episode hooplah, we could have the Seinfeld version, with Jerry as Severian, of course. The others could be: Jonas: George Dorcas: Elaine Dr. Talo…
13 May 1998, 01:17
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I agree with you on the physical difficulties, and maybe the colostomy bag is more realistic. But I think it's perfectly common for kids (okay, maybe 13 is a little old, but then a…
02 May 1998, 13:18
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Maybe it's my sick mind at work, but I always surmised that Weer's theory held that Napoleon was surreptitiously, uh, fondling himself. (In Seinfeldian terms, the Emperor might hav…
30 Apr 1998, 20:23
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