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Mark Lewin <mark.lewin at gmail.com> wrote: And ... in the absence of any films, what do you like to listen to when you read GW? Philip Glass. Gorecki. Michael Nyman.…
10 Apr 2007, 01:34
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brunians at brunians.org wrote: > I did not see much evidence of his being unconcerned with Screwing a chick in a boat while she is asleep strikes me as being just a little bit…
10 Apr 2007, 01:11
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"James B. Jordan" <jbjordan4 at cox.net> wrote: Gene's answer to me about Severian in general was that Sev has a horrible background and is only gradually overcoming …
09 Apr 2007, 02:55
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Adam Thornton <adam at io.com> wrote: No, for real: http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=1956 Interesting that it looks dark blue. The original "tuxedo-style" …
07 Mar 2007, 16:59
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote: Actually, I'm pretty sure that Severian is Captain of Apprentices for only one year; if I'm right, we'll come to the appropriate …
08 Sep 2006, 02:46
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Not me. I find algolagniacs quite useful. Actually, I find algolagnia itself useful, too, especially when giving birth. Gotta love those endorphins. Demerol is for wimps. Sar…
17 Sep 2005, 20:23
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does that mean he's his own Grandpa? Sorry. I had to. :) Sarah Dorrance-Minch (in SCA, THL Isobel Wren, called "Midori") Mother to Sophie and Liesl and militant lactivist cu…
30 Jun 2005, 21:12
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Just to diverge from this interesting discussion onto a tangent... The name Severian (or Severus, or Severin) crops up from time to time in other works. I have no idea if Wolfe ev…
30 Jun 2005, 21:03
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Your explanation was a lot clearer than mine. And yes, that's what I had been trying to say. Sarah Dorrance-Minch (in SCA, THL Isobel Wren, called "Midori") Mother to Sophie a…
17 Jun 2005, 20:49
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No, I was under the impression that the waiter Ouen is in fact his biological father. I recently took the pairing _Sword and Citadel_ from the library, and I remember reading near …
17 Jun 2005, 20:33
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Indigenous, or descendants of European colonists? I used to be an ESL tutor; most of the businessmen I tutored were pretty pale, especially the Brazilians, some of whom (from south…
16 Jun 2005, 20:51
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Ooh! Ooh! There's a graphic novel version of the Timescape series? I can see where my next tax refund is going. Midori/Sarah Ah, love couldst thou and I conspire/ To grasp this…
16 Jun 2005, 20:47
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Just like his mother. The "blonde" fan art picture must be borrowing his father's hair colour... Midori/Sarah Ah, love couldst thou and I conspire/ To grasp this sorry scheme o…
16 Jun 2005, 20:44
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Not quite how I originally pictured Severian, but it could work. I like the artist. I have _The Dream Hunters_, but this is the first I've seen of his other work. Some of it is r…
16 Jun 2005, 20:42
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It's either original folk music written about science fiction/fantasy/horror topics, including books and movies of those genres, sometimes written by the authors as a sort of suppl…
13 Jun 2005, 21:49
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I think he was one of the original instigators of the movement. Midori/Sarah Ah, love couldst thou and I conspire/ To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire/ Would we not br…
11 Jun 2005, 20:38
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Hamlet didn't have Yorick waking up and tagging along after him half an hour after the little graveside, er, tete a tete. Or Ophelia, although I wonder if Ophelia would share Dorca…
10 Jun 2005, 20:35
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At least in theme. I think the series about Vlad Taltos comes closer in terms of character development and cultural background (a society with distinct castes, a hero whose career…
10 Jun 2005, 20:27
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Oh yeah. Brust is also very good at pastiche.…
10 Jun 2005, 20:23
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Good? I think so. I like his tie-ins to Romanian and other eastern European folklore, his filk, his dry sense of humour, his ability to make extremely antiheroic characters sympath…
10 Jun 2005, 20:22
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And what a dubious gift it is, to attract, well, zombies. As if the "fan club" of masochists and thrill seekers weren't awkward enough. Sometimes you just have to feel sorry for hi…
07 Jun 2005, 19:52
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I can't see any either. (By way of introduction: Hi, my name's Sarah, my SCA friends call me Midori which I prefer anyway; I discovered Gene Wolfe and the Timescape books last yea…
07 Jun 2005, 19:45
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