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23 Sep 2010, 22:21
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Russell Wodell…
23 Sep 2010, 17:36
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In F.W. Murnau's silent classic film *Nosferatu*, there is a famous sequence in which the vampire loads a coach with coffins; this is under-cranked (i.e., filmed in fast motion), t…
15 Mar 2010, 21:59
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I believe the Maiden (ie, Persephone) spells this out to Latro when he descends below the floor of the temple. But it is never, I think, made clear how Latro could make amends for…
28 Jan 2010, 22:44
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Well, the slight charm of "Call of Cthulu" lay in pretending that it was made during the silent era, miniscule budget, duff special effects, semaphore acting, and all. IMHO, it wor…
04 Nov 2008, 19:16
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Isnt' "Woldercan" the name of the lost city in "The Circus of Dr. Lao"? Russell Wodell…
26 Sep 2008, 18:36
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Other questions & therefore spoilers... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Like *Free Live Free* and *There Are Do…
21 Sep 2008, 22:34
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I don't think this debate is specifically about Christian and/or Catholic dogma. I do think that Gene Wolfe is a devoute Catholic, and that by infusing his work with careful moral …
18 Jul 2008, 19:51
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May I ask a simple? possibly very naive — question about the climax of "The Urth of the New Sun"? If I understand correctly, the New Sun melts Urth's encroaching glaciation, flood…
08 Jul 2008, 21:05
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However you explain it, it starts to sound awfully phallic, doesn't it? 2008/7/2 John Smith <jsmith2627 at att.net>:…
02 Jul 2008, 19:46
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Christ would be an odd elision. Or an elite eidolon? 2008/6/16 Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>:…
16 Jun 2008, 23:43
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Am I the only one who sees Guzman as a possible third iteration of Chris -- driven to madness and (possible) suicide by sexual jealousy of his own younger self? Is his disappearanc…
17 Jan 2008, 16:47
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I have always seen Dr. Talos as the fox in Disney's Pinocchio: "Hi-diddlee-dee, an actor's life for me!" And Severian dreams of being a puppet, not a real boy... Russell Wodell …
07 Sep 2006, 02:42
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Graves' Claudius novels seem an obvious inspiration for BOTNS. But I wonder if there isn't an intervening source in a Graves rip-off: A.E. van Vogt's fix-up Empire of the Sun (19…
07 Sep 2006, 00:19
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Hmmm...that begs that question whether Wolfe ever saw Federico Fellini's remarkable 1969 film version of Sayricon, in which the bold leaps across the narrative gaps are memorably…
18 Aug 2006, 21:41
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This might be helpful for those (like me) still struggling to understand the historical background of the Latro series. http://www.claremont.org/writings/crb/summer2006/kopff.html…
08 Aug 2006, 15:18
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I obtained the Lexicon fairly easily through interlibrary loan in Canada; it even came from an American library, without charge, in about two weeks. Normally I wouldn't do this f…
13 Jun 2006, 02:24
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I wonder if it might make sense to begin by building the wiki section on the Latro novels, since (a) they are relatively self-contained and (b) "Soldier of Sidon" is due this fall …
10 May 2006, 00:21
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If I remember correctly, Anthony Burgess invented the "Chesterbelloc," a straw man which British anti-Catholic critics used to routinely abuse. [No, I'm wrong: the term was devis…
11 Jan 2005, 11:52
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What would be Sir Garvaon's motive for killing Gilling? (Rhyme unintentional) And why would Wolfe conceal this for so long? For this and other reasons, I am fairly certain that I…
03 Jan 2005, 19:18
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No, no. I agree that the tonal effect is (intentionally) jarring. But you have only to turn to Mark Twain's "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" to see what Wolfe is up …
03 Jan 2005, 08:52
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Was anyone besides me bothered by the fact that the old list crashed on September 11, 2003? Rustle…
15 Sep 2004, 18:08
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This will seem to many to be off-topic; but I can't resist writing about this film by Aleksandr Sokurov. As you may know, it consists of one unbroken 96-minute take travelling the …
13 Apr 2003, 18:38
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As I recall (dimly), Plutarch said a sailor heard a voice from a distant island commanding him to proclaim that "The great god Pan is dead!" Since Pan's name literally means "All,…
24 Jan 2003, 01:13
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Re: supplementary reading: We should trust the author. The two volumes are dedicated, respectively, to Herodotus and Xenophon, a strong hint as to sources of the (sometimes) real p…
21 Jan 2003, 23:23
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I notice that the new DAW anthology _Mars Probes_ by Peter Crowther includes "Shields of Mars" by Gene Wolfe. Has anyone seen this? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.…
13 Jun 2002, 20:14
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How is the name Thecla pronounced? I believe it is Biblical, hence probably Hebrew
but I just suddenly noticed how close the name is to the claw, which has implications
no?…
24 May 2002, 00:30
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Apple Blossom's statement is _not_ about chopsticks; her usage of "chop" is quite mundane, about a personal name stamp or "seal," viz this definition from the OED.: "In India, Chi…
15 May 2002, 18:57
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The first sentence of the second section: "Days past." Is this a typo, or a joke? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.…
08 May 2002, 14:47
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Notes from a first reading: 1. The source seems to be Auden's famous quote that poets are the unacknowledged legislators of reality. Here, this seems to be interpreted as poet=sai…
29 Mar 2002, 16:11
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This is going a long way back to the list discussion of PEACE, but I ran across the following in Everyman's Encyclopaedia of Gardening and was forcibly reminded of the tree on Weer…
23 Mar 2002, 17:52
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Many thanks to Andy Robertson for posting this fascinating essay. There is much to discuss (for example, that Wolfe seems to have even lousier taste in poetry than Tolkien). Two …
03 Jan 2002, 00:57
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Just picked up Andrew M. Butler's Pocket Essentials guide to Terry Pratchett, and was struck dumb by one of his notes on "Small Gods": "Brutha, with his photographic memory, and t…
10 Dec 2001, 16:21
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mantis wrote: Something else: Here's a touchstone which seems familiar, so maybe we've already discussed it, but PEACE might also be seen as a sort of opposite of IT'S A WONDERFUL…
16 Jul 2001, 22:21
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There is an excellent BBC book, "The Art of Gormeghast," about the making of the series. In fact, it's in my opinion _better_ than the series, because it allows the reader to feast…
29 Jun 2001, 08:26
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This message was sent to David at work. We checked our system and the named file was indeed there...so best to treat this seriously. Russell Friends, I found this on my computer.…
29 May 2001, 17:04
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John-Paul: The best site I have found thus far is the "Arts & Letters Daily" Website at http://www.cybereditions.com/aldaily/, which contains links to many book review sites in ad…
29 May 2001, 15:09
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Is it certain there is to be a fourth book in the series? I am thinking of Chapter 16 in Daemonomia: "Here he had put down his plan to arrange his book according to the twelve hou…
28 Apr 2001, 16:37
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