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I think plural is "calculi". Sergei Soloviev…
29 Nov 2011, 17:33
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To me it seems that the vision when Silk sees his own head instead of one of Typhon's/Pas head has to be interpreted "spiritually" - he feels the danger to become a monster becau…
29 Nov 2011, 11:16
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Duke Rigoglio mentions having seen Pas/Typhon. Sergei…
28 Nov 2011, 11:26
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We still can ask whether Baldanders and Talos had chosen their names themselves (or Baldanders had chosen for Talos) - implicitly, for ordinary people in Wolfe's worlds the names a…
28 Nov 2011, 11:18
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What age have the children of Typhon? He had to send the Whorl the year before the end of his rule - the year between the operation (grafting) and rebellions. Sergei Soloviev…
27 Nov 2011, 22:25
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As to the names, it may be that given names are mostly the names of the saints, but the names chosen for themselves by "actively evil" (or anti-religious) people are not - Typhon…
27 Nov 2011, 22:15
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It is said that the head of Typhon was grafted to Piaton's body about one year before the fall of his empire! It had no time to take control (it is said in the Sword of the Lictor…
27 Nov 2011, 22:10
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To me the idea seems strange - Horn got the first ring from Seawrack when he was freed of the pit. It was "applied" to Horn and then given to Seawrack while he still was in the pit…
27 Nov 2011, 21:40
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Well, if Typhon would be an alien, it would be much more difficult to graft his head to Piaton. And why take such risky and complex operation? I think that the straightforward expl…
27 Nov 2011, 12:40
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Read the end of the in teh Green Jungles - the visit to the village of Abanja and the talk with Jahlee later - Sergei…
26 Nov 2011, 23:04
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Also, as a truly religious man, Wolfe wants us to distinguish ourselves "true miracles" from "false miracles". Sergei…
26 Nov 2011, 22:06
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You argue with author (Wolfe), not with us or with inhumi - Sergei…
26 Nov 2011, 21:35
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The claim that Green and Blue come very close is made by Horn, not only by inhumi - and humans can see for themselves, whether it is close (so it is from Wolfe). Sergei…
26 Nov 2011, 21:34
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There is no prominent nosed man with the scar on his eye socket (except Silkhorn) in the end of Chapter 7 of RttW - what is said, is (when Silkhorn enters the dram shop): "Sit d…
26 Nov 2011, 21:32
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In the middle of ch.9 of RttW the narrator writes: "I see I have confused the rings. The one I am wearing is not the one Sewrack gave me, although it resembles it closely. This i…
26 Nov 2011, 21:24
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To this, yes, but I am looking for relevant quotations concerning other questions mentioned in the recent posts. Cheers Sergei…
25 Nov 2011, 19:35
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I say only that we need precision. If it is said that he is on Green and a successful leader it is not the same if he were dead. When we had "Iron Curtain" the parents of an emigr…
25 Nov 2011, 19:07
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This seems to me interesting idea, James - thanks - Sergei…
25 Nov 2011, 17:29
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No! He is very successful on Green - Sergei…
25 Nov 2011, 17:26
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I think the same - Sergei…
25 Nov 2011, 17:24
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Please help me to find where this doubt is cast? Sergei…
25 Nov 2011, 17:21
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You wish me to find an exact quotation where its is said that the atmospheres "touch"? I'll try. Sergei…
25 Nov 2011, 17:19
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But the fact remains - there is no such reference - Sergei…
24 Nov 2011, 19:09
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The earth where Jahlee was buried is in Gaon, not some permafrost. Maybe they cannot survive when the water freezes. Sergei Soloviev…
24 Nov 2011, 19:00
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Sorry for the intervention, I do not remember Chenille possessed by Jahlee. As far as I remember the text, she didn't escape Green. (Nothing of the kind is mentioned.) She is in c…
24 Nov 2011, 18:57
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And the idea that Green and Blue come so close (in the "conjunction" ) that their atmospheres touch does not come from inhumi, it comes from Wolfe, and it is said (as common know…
24 Nov 2011, 17:40
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I don't remember anything of the kind. Sergei Soloviev…
23 Nov 2011, 20:10
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I think a serious objection to the theory of Neighbours as trees is that they like fires. Trees should not like fires ... Sergei Soloviev…
23 Nov 2011, 19:44
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My feeling is that while in Severian Wolfe investigates a personalty that in some ways echoes Jesus, in the story of Horn and Silk he explores a "growth" of a saint (from very im…
23 Nov 2011, 11:11
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I consider this question as much more important than many questions fiercely discussed (like whether Horn did really die in the pit). I do not see any obvious answer, except, maybe…
22 Nov 2011, 12:01
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If a changeling was inserted, it is not interesting for the history of humans. Of neighbours, maybe... Possible, but in the group it is customary to praise each other, and it cr…
22 Nov 2011, 11:45
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Dear James, I think that Wolfe is step by step "building" (for us) her character. Mostly she is shown through the eyes of Horn. False diagnosis says a lot about her - her naivet…
22 Nov 2011, 11:40
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I think Gerry is often in the role of "underdog" - you are many, and it looks like (for a participant who has no animosity or personal interest to take sides) you often immediate…
21 Nov 2011, 22:06
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Because it is undermining his second "resurrection" - central to the book - his spirit passing into the body of Silk and guiding him to Blue. Sergei…
21 Nov 2011, 22:01
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My main objection is to the "binary logics" - pushing of everything to absolute extreme (absolute "yes" or "no"). How anybody acquires new abilities is very interesting. But it is…
21 Nov 2011, 21:57
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You call this "intimate knowledge"?! Tasting some drowned people? I think it's my turn to cry "Good Lord"!…
21 Nov 2011, 21:46
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People who insist that Horn died in the pit apparently never lost consciousness themselves - and do not remember how often in literature it is compared to death. And what about p…
21 Nov 2011, 21:43
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Once I found a dead cat on a winter road - a cat killed by car, pressed flat and frozen, with intestines around. I felt that I have to take it off and give it a more decent burial…
20 Nov 2011, 20:09
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This is the point - he re-enacts him differently! Sergei…
20 Nov 2011, 20:03
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I agree with this - but as we see, my interpretation of concrete text is different of yours (we agreed to disagree). I think that open questions sometimes are more important that …
20 Nov 2011, 19:59
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Horn is a very different character, and what is good for the development of the character of Severian, is not good for Horn. Sergei…
20 Nov 2011, 19:56
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I don' think it was symbolic death to Severian. In BotNS resurrections play a very different role, there is a series of them and compositionally the importance of each episode grow…
20 Nov 2011, 19:54
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My opinion is that this "additional" resurrection does Wolfe's book harm, not good. Sergei Soloviev…
20 Nov 2011, 19:49
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And because she thinks that Horn is dead, she is afraid to come because all her undersea wild instincts may awake. She is afraid that she may want to eat Horn. She is too afraid to…
20 Nov 2011, 19:47
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It is said in the context when Seawrack tries naively to justify herself (why she didn't help). And she knows very little about human life and the life on land. Mother said that …
20 Nov 2011, 19:44
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I think the problem with your approach is that you seek the "absolute" - not similarity (in certain - important - respects), but identity; death must be death (not in a metaphorica…
20 Nov 2011, 19:41
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It is a pole, not a staff - Sergei Soloviev…
18 Nov 2011, 22:25
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Sergei Soloviev: The discussion about "Violet = Plutonium" went quite far, but I think again this guess (that she is a chem) is hardly supported by the text. The idea that she is …
14 Nov 2011, 20:26
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But it was you who developed the story several steps forward (to hypothetic meeting between Siyuf and war minister at Trivigaunte). I think her uses described in the text are only …
13 Nov 2011, 21:32
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I strongly oppose any "censure" of this kind. We all may have our ideas and our criteria of seriousness, the difference is not the reason to decide who should participate and who…
09 Nov 2011, 16:53
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