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Sun's out, buns out! ?The sky was as lovely a blue as that of the other world, if not better; our own yellow star, the star we call Sol, shone brightly. (pg. 198).…
03 Oct 2018, 13:02
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I don't think there is any reason to hesitate at this point. The mix of hot and cold in violet is clear to me. Spring is a mix of hot and cold. Spring is the daughter of the hou…
02 Oct 2018, 15:56
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The Swan-N-Sweetheart is interesting for reasons you already pointed out in the write-up. That is to say, we need to pay attention to its obvious reference to Cob and his fiance. …
02 Oct 2018, 15:49
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This hot/cold thing is pretty interesting when you get into it. I just noticed two things that I thought were worth reporting. First, Arabella is described as "very, very hot" (pg…
01 Oct 2018, 20:25
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There are a couple of other references to red in the book. Ern says that he wrote a series involving a character called The Red Searcher (pg. 112). There are red leather bar stoo…
01 Oct 2018, 16:18
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Marc: I am reading through the write-up. You pointed out that you felt after writing it that there is some connection between Arabella and sandwiches. With that in mind, this stu…
30 Sep 2018, 17:28
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Given the evil house and the connection you see with Knecht Ruprecht, have you looked again at "And When They Appear" to determine if there is any connection between the two or clu…
01 Jun 2018, 19:32
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Okay, I see what you mean about the dreamlike nature of the dinner scene having looked at the start of it again. A couple of things popped into my mind in doing so. First, just b…
10 May 2018, 20:56
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Thanks for asking the question and letting us know!…
24 Apr 2018, 14:34
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Marc - have you read The Dying Grass, the most recent installment of Seven Dreams? I haven't gotten to it yet myself but it is supposed to have a very interesting style whereby th…
23 Apr 2018, 19:52
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I agree with your above-quoted points, Marc, and do not intend to spoil anyone's fun. I foisted the book on my mother to see what she would think of the thing and she was bemused …
20 Mar 2018, 21:26
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Eric:??Point taken on Wolfe putting himself into the characters. I certainly don't dispute that he does so and it can be quite fun and interesting (see, e.g., "Houston, 1943"). My …
19 Mar 2018, 15:55
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You are correct Dan'l. “Though it is more likely that if anyone is Blackbeard it is Chris's child rather than” Chris himself, it just seems to present too many insuperable problems…
29 Apr 2015, 15:13
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Though I strongly disagree with Puppies both Rabid and Sad, I do think that Nick Jost was justified in being a bit miffed by Nick Lee's uncharacteristically broad brush stroke rega…
29 Apr 2015, 15:03
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Robin, I think you are on to something but maybe not quite what you were thinking. ?Since the narrative likely ends (in the past) somewhere near 1680, the date of Blackbeard's supp…
28 Apr 2015, 21:33
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Finally had a chance to watch this second part tonight. ?I need to read FHC again to engage intelligently in any debate (or concurrence) but it is good to see this discussion branc…
22 Nov 2014, 05:01
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I supposed that was why it was called a faithless door, but I guess I was more interested in whether the term was a common one or was coined by Wolfe. “If it weren't coined by Wolf…
21 Nov 2014, 17:50
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Well, I was particularly enamored of *Two Years Before the Mast* by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., as it was full of good information about sailing and ships and how to operate them in g…
21 Nov 2014, 17:08
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I've been reading a lot of nautically themed classics to try and put myself in a frame of mind for reading *Pirate Freedom* and, having recently read "Try and Kill It", this passag…
21 Nov 2014, 16:27
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Sorry. ?The formatting really mangled that poem. ?You can read it here more easily:? http://lordbyron.cath.lib.vt.edu/monograph.php?doc=WiJerda.1852&select=v4c7.4…
21 Nov 2014, 15:29
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I have a particular fondness for *The Devil in a Forest*. Something about the settingand characters struck a chord with my sensibilities. Though it appears to explain awaymost of…
11 Nov 2014, 21:09
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Lee said: "Plus, if a pawn makes it to the end of the board, they can be brought back as a more powerfulpiece. I think Wolfe intends this analogy for Severian (The Conciliator/New …
17 Oct 2014, 18:22
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I personally haven't read too many chronologically later than "The Ziggurat" so my list is truncated to thirty: 1. Moutains Like Mice 2. Trip, Trap 3. Volksweapon …
16 Oct 2014, 21:42
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Antonio Pedro Marques wrote: "I'd rather have 'The This Far Uncollected Gene Wolfe'." I, for one, completely agree. He is long overdue for a *new* short story collection and there…
16 Oct 2014, 21:37
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Marc Aramini wrote: "Oh my god how could I leave off the changeling? Probably my favorite Wo[l]festory, I just assumed it was in the first one without thinking about it." Funnily …
16 Oct 2014, 18:19
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I know that 50 is a lot of stories to nominate but my intention was that if everyone just selected 30 or fewerthere is unlikely to be significant overlap given the amount of storie…
16 Oct 2014, 18:15
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I must clarify my position because I believe though I have made several points, I have not explained the reason for having made them. 1. Mathematics is a developing body of…
16 Oct 2014, 16:44
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Psi. I'll wave towards your bright light. Lee’s statements will be given in brackets, my unbracketed responses follow: [Who told you this? To be a credible source for making su…
14 Oct 2014, 22:10
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Math is universal in the same way that the physics of our universe (which is based in observations describable mathematically)is universal. In other words, math and physics apply …
13 Oct 2014, 21:32
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Sorry, for some reason when I was reading the passage it sounded as though you were saying Wolfe made the quoted statement in an interview. Thanks for clarifying.…
08 Oct 2014, 14:30
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Marc Aramini wrote: "Gott’s science would be particularly interesting to Wolfe, because he explores the possibility of time travel, and even states in an interview: 'Certainly in t…
07 Oct 2014, 20:50
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On August 20, 2014, Charles Gillingham wrote: “This story, I always assumed, is part of the Brown Book from New Sun. I only bring this up, so future stories commented on will be id…
07 Oct 2014, 15:58
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I have never been terribly good at remembering such things myself. That coupled with the fact that one never knows in sf if common facts are being tweaked for narrative purposes, …
25 Aug 2014, 18:59
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Marc Aramini wrote on Aug 1, 2014: "May 31 trial reconvenes (May only has 30 days):" Actually May does have 31 days. Was there something in the story saying the number was differe…
25 Aug 2014, 16:04
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I also really appreciate the work you've been doing on the short story project Marc and having looked at a couple of the stories deeply and written about them cannot imagine the am…
01 Aug 2014, 19:53
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I had read the posts about the 3 missing years, though I had little to add to that at this time other than if he is an "oaf", persons I generally associate with being dullards, isn…
21 Jul 2014, 15:52
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I looked around at some possible suspects for an evil queen with red gloves and three fingers but also came up empty. ?I re-read Snow White and Brier Rose from Grimm's. ?There is n…
22 Jun 2014, 19:00
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Marc Aramini wrote: "Third: he is mistaken as a monster in the past because, if I am not mistaken, that is a cultural myth of the Indians - he is their bogey man. A man from the fu…
22 Jun 2014, 17:44
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If the straightforward interpretation of the story is all there is, several points would need to be clarified to satisfy me. First, why does Wolfe believe that this story, unlike…
22 Jun 2014, 15:59
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"Pickwick" here with a few thoughts: Marc Aramini wrote: "Someone collecting newspaper clippings on ufos and deciding to eat a random guy still seems a little bit o…
20 Jun 2014, 16:10
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