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Dear Robert, "robak" may also come from slightly modified "rybak" - fisher - Sergei Soloviev…
28 Apr 2015, 21:41
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A remark: it seems to me that Wolfe is trying to be historically accurate (in his historical novels, like Latro's cycle), and respect the "spirit" of the societies he imagines and…
28 Apr 2015, 18:21
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Just a remark: what David says is not exactly so: (a) .... (though he is often visited by people no one else sees, but then he is always alone when this happens) Remember the sc…
24 Dec 2013, 19:26
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I am not sure, but may be in this case it would be appropriate to sign some sort of card collectively? Sergei Soloviev…
17 Dec 2013, 14:59
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Sounds really interesting, thanks, Marc! Sergei…
09 Nov 2013, 14:29
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The idea seems interesting, though to me the "thing" reminded (when I was reading) rather Balrog of Tolkien - Another remark - I think that essential achievement of GW is creatio…
08 Sep 2013, 21:09
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J To me one of the strongest points that can be used to rebuff Cook (who really seems to me a pompous idiot) is that most of the answers can be found in BOTNs itself - like Lune…
06 Sep 2013, 20:52
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Dear Antonin, and All - just to share my impressions, I was greatly impressed by first two books (Soldier of the Mist and Soldier of Arete), and was waiting with impatience for S…
29 Jul 2013, 16:59
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I always been sure that the story happens in medieval England - Wat was a very common name (e.g., Wat Tyler's revolt), he reminds also strongly Robin Hood (I felt that is sort of …
23 Jun 2013, 22:14
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Newly hutched chicks also usually are humid - Sergei Soloviev…
07 May 2013, 10:35
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I meant that GW could not know some technical details and difficulties of cloning that we know now. These details were discussed in some posts. Of course he could assume that clon…
06 May 2013, 16:08
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And don't forget that cloning is progressing very quickly. What was known when the books we discuss were written? Sergei…
06 May 2013, 13:44
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I think in "Silhouette" it is said that it is also some genetic manipulation in case of the Captain, not only food. Sergei…
19 Apr 2013, 14:53
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I think it was already mentioned that autarch means the same as autocrator, and autocrator was an official title of Byzantine emperors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autokrator Th…
18 Apr 2013, 16:57
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I am not sure that Flaubert's "The Temptation of Saint Anthony" is really an important source fo GW. The fact is, Flaubert borrowed on many sources, he is very eclectic (a word th…
16 Apr 2013, 10:57
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It may be useful to compare it with the Rajan seraglio in other series - I don't have answers to your questions, David, but they are really, really interesting - Sergei…
12 Apr 2013, 15:32
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But in Ottoman empire the harems (seraglios) had reproductive purpose as a central one. Moreover, since it was difficult to apply the principle of "primogeniture" with the great …
12 Apr 2013, 14:07
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I don't remember whether it was discussed that the names of the planets in the BotNS - Urth, Verthandi, Sculd - correspond to the names of Norns in Nordic mythology - (Urth or Urd…
11 Apr 2013, 15:47
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I did think about it, but I had an impression that no. The only "seed" that hints at possible visits of Silk/Horn (and my belief was that it could be indeed a "seed" that later gr…
06 Feb 2013, 18:30
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It could be a legend existing among inhumi - known from Neighbours and since very old times. That is, it may be not true that the inhumi burn at reentry, but they may know that me…
29 Nov 2012, 18:12
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I had the same impression about sizes. If you find where it was said that the Whorl is ten times smaller than Blue I would be glad to know. Sergei…
28 Nov 2012, 17:59
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And could it be that their "real" method of travel has something to do with strange capacity that the narrator acquires to travel in tandem with them (at least in spirit)? Someth…
28 Nov 2012, 17:53
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Maybe you are right - it could indeed be about lying - Sergei…
28 Nov 2012, 17:47
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About Blue and Green, I often asked myself what kind of orbit they have. Is it just like Earth and Moon, but with much greater eccentricity? And what are the relative sizes? It s…
28 Nov 2012, 17:23
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The ritual occurs in the discussion with Juganu, in "Return to the Whorl" - Sergei…
27 Nov 2012, 20:35
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Dear Antonin, I did like it, I think it has the same flavour as his best works. Very subtle, with a lot of beautiful ambiguities, e.g. the bandit Wat and Sir Ganelon (the king's …
15 Nov 2012, 18:51
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In "On Blue Waters" the naming of Jahlee is described: the gardener of the Rajan, called Mehman, is asked to produce name meaning "false" or "lying" in the language of Gaon. Of …
28 Sep 2012, 17:44
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It's interesting that I mostly agree with this mail. By the way, the creature you mention reminded me about certain strange parallelism of Blue/Green world and the world of Urth a…
19 Sep 2012, 16:37
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It is not only what narrator believes, it is supported by such details as the guilty behaviour of Babbie when she comes again, and another detail, that the narrator has seen the t…
18 Sep 2012, 16:17
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I cannot agree. It is often the case that your conjectures kill other important elements of the plot, for example, Babbie's guilt when Seawrack comes again (it is clearly describ…
18 Sep 2012, 16:05
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To my mind, [sic] corresponds to both names in both cases, and attracts the attention to the fact that the narrator knows the names Hoof and Hide, but may substitute Horn for eac…
18 Sep 2012, 10:33
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I agree with Mo that the eyes should be human - but I asked myself, whether Quoquo was right claiming that the humanity was extinct - may be the most discrete part - "people of y…
09 Sep 2012, 11:53
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I don't completely agree - yes, the point of view is usually very external, not much deep psychology, but they are mostly "adequate", in difference from caricatures of Vance or i…
17 Apr 2012, 18:38
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What are the "lows" of Wolfe, to your opinion? Sergei Soloviev…
17 Apr 2012, 18:09
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There are also evil dwarves in "Eyeflash miracles" - Sergei Soloviev…
17 Apr 2012, 13:48
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I agree, Lee, it is a good way to answer - Sergei Soloviev…
16 Apr 2012, 16:14
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I meant that the ship in the "Silhouette" looked like a sketch for future work. For example, there is a mutiny and mutineers, affiliated with cults, and that reminds the mutiny …
15 Apr 2012, 12:25
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IMHO, the answer is "no" - my reasons - it seems that there is on this list a (culturally determined) drive to identify almost everything with almost everything else, I do not s…
15 Apr 2012, 11:47
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To me it seems also that the discussion is distorted by forgetting the simple fact that the choice is not between death and life without end, but between different kinds of death …
13 Apr 2012, 17:49
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My impression that partly behind these discussions there is an illusion that perfection is possible in t h i s world. No "life confinement" is truly guaranteed - how many times …
12 Apr 2012, 16:49
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Is there nothing in "Paradise Lost" on this? Sergei Soloviev…
24 Mar 2012, 22:12
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I agree with Antonio Sergei Soloviev…
11 Jan 2012, 14:15
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Merry Christmas! (About New Sun - recently I had on my car radio a "spiritual" - "Jesus shine on me" ... ) Sergei Soloviev…
23 Dec 2011, 17:17
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You should not trust so much journalists, even scientific. Once I've seen a picture of a sort of orange solar disk and a smaller black disk crossing it - with the title "an exopla…
23 Dec 2011, 17:09
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16 Dec 2011, 20:07
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Yes, Lee, I think the accusations should be more moderate, if people like fencing with each other - then for the sake of others - Sergei…
16 Dec 2011, 20:05
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Sergei Soloviev wrote: as I already tried to make a point, it is not (to my mind) the opposition between "materialist" and "spiritualist" view, it is much more serious opposition…
16 Dec 2011, 15:47
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Do you think the dolls that appear often in the dreams described by Wolfe are connected to mandragora? Sergei Soloviev…
30 Nov 2011, 15:24
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I think that there are still some "minimum requirements" to the people who advance an extravagant new theory - - if they claim that the theory is supported by the text, it would …
29 Nov 2011, 18:49
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I like very much this formulation - and agree that it is often my reason de disagree with certain theories Sergei Soloviev…
29 Nov 2011, 17:37
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