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I hadn't read that. but my point stands from his first line. "In so far as there is a Christ figure, it is Severian" I'm talking about symbolic metaphor, or loose analogy, not mund…
21 Jan 2009, 19:48
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I knew both Watkins and Brewer couldn't leave that one. :D we all are. and we all must overcome our Typhons. ~witz…
21 Jan 2009, 19:23
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thanks again for that Dave. this one strikes me as odd: 12. Who was Blood's father? -- Patera Pike. [DRL: This was a complete surprise all round, by the way.] I thought that was p…
21 Jan 2009, 19:15
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haven't read yet. but that link was 404. here is a new link: http://www.ansible.co.uk/cc/cc77.html ~witz…
21 Jan 2009, 18:51
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That's an interesting idea, a body for the gods to inhabit. I can't help but feel that Mucor and the Possessions by Gods are flipsides of the same thing. How does mainframe beam …
21 Jan 2009, 17:07
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just reread it. it's not oblique. the monitor changed course. but I don't think that alone is enough to deny that Quetzal might have been trying to send them to the Inumu (inhumi…
21 Jan 2009, 15:39
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So, you're saying the Monitor decided, after seeing his corpse, to change course. i thought that was vague, but yeah... but did he know he was gonna die? I should read that agai…
21 Jan 2009, 15:27
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I finished Long Sun the other day. An excellent book. serious page turner for me, burned through it really fast. too fast, I'm sure, to catch all the hints, but the basic gist do…
21 Jan 2009, 15:16
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OOPS! It's just that they cut it in two volumes for a paperback edition. (even though my old paperback has the full story) thanks for pointing it out Jordon. (on another board) /Em…
16 Jan 2009, 23:54
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OH MY GOD, there's a sequel????????!?!??!?!?!?!?!??!?!?! and 14 years old. How the hell did I never bump into that. jesus. maybe my reread of Moby Dick will have to wait. ~witz…
16 Jan 2009, 23:26
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TORTURE!!! I can't watch it either because I just started season 4 dvds last night. I've haven't watched any regularly programmed TV show in my adult life, I'd thought I might chan…
16 Jan 2009, 23:22
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I've got the perfect Severian: Michael Trucco the guy who plays Sam Anders in Battlestar Gallactica. he's just about the right height too. 6'3" just a bit Taller than the Lexicon…
16 Jan 2009, 19:21
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You know, I laughed, but it's not such a bad suggestion, once I found an older picture. I haven't seen those. probably should. Good Suggestions. Raquel Welch, perfect. so are Gan…
15 Jan 2009, 19:12
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this is fun. I like Rowan Atkinson for Incus. Tim Curry would be good for Patera Ramora. I really like the Jimmy Stewart as Silk suggestion. Redford isn't bad either, though I t…
15 Jan 2009, 17:38
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Jonathin Frid is a good suggestion for Talos, as well as young Redford for Silk. Currently I have: Severian: Christian Bale Palaemon: Max von Sydow Malrubius: Clint Eastwood (G…
15 Jan 2009, 00:50
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yeah, Silk is 23. Laurie is now too old. Keanu does come to mind, but I'd have to reject him on principle :D and he's already been cast as a messiah. I don't watch movies or tv e…
15 Jan 2009, 00:30
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Good idea. a dude on that new genewolfebookclub board said he had one made at one of those one-off shirt places. Now you've tempted me to design an image for it. I'd imagined si…
14 Jan 2009, 19:13
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Thanks. oops. I'd forgotten that I had considered Alcalde. the other spanish words were easier to find. You don't suppose there is a theocratic component when it's sanctioned by th…
14 Jan 2009, 17:38
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Just finished Calde of the Long Sun. what a read! I haven't searched the list yet, in order to avoid spoilers,but I can't find anything to define "Calde". I'm not clear if Calde is…
14 Jan 2009, 17:04
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RIGHT ON!!! registered. nice forum! can't wait to see this thing build up. thanks for the tip. ~witz…
11 Jan 2009, 19:47
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Hey Tim, thanks for the Cayuga Park tip-off. what a cool place. had a nice walk and a picnic and some playground time. really cool sculptures. Lot's of love in that place. cheers…
11 Jan 2009, 19:18
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MOST APPRECIATED.…
09 Jan 2009, 21:06
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http://www.ultan.org.uk/five-steps-towards-briah/ I backed up on the url and got a redirect to the newer Ultan.org blog. ~witz…
09 Jan 2009, 21:05
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hahaha, yeah, it totally is a Bond Villian. great and ridiculous. and dude getting chomped by a giant fish? priceless. you're right about notching up from liking to loving at that…
09 Jan 2009, 20:01
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wow. the ending of Lake was crazy awesome! I'm so glad that the false pantheon and the nature of the Whorl CAN'T be the whole mystery, because that was too easy to suss out. witho…
09 Jan 2009, 19:22
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Oh, that looks cool. dig the sculptures. definitely going to check that out. thanks for pointing it out. I don't know about the golf course (the sort of things I loathe) but y…
08 Jan 2009, 05:37
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now you done made me look it up. "A clattering of choughs" "Clattering" is much better than "unkindness", IMHO. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_collective_nouns_for_birds ~w…
08 Jan 2009, 01:59
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Thanks for Hugin and Munin. I hadn't met them yet. Odin could handle thoughtlessness but not forgetfulness, I guess. I don't remember that in the Hobbit. Slowly making my way th…
08 Jan 2009, 01:15
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Caw. Nevermore.…
07 Jan 2009, 23:40
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Proofreader. Not a job for me. As a designer, I'm thrilled one of my colleagues is a UCSB Valedictorian. I give her everything, even my weirdo album projects. I considered for a b…
07 Jan 2009, 23:17
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Fair enough about the British, but about the typo, I meant that at one point he mentions "Charismatic Writings"(p 20 in Lake, or p290 in Litany) and at every other point he mention…
07 Jan 2009, 18:37
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I agree, I'd love to hear Wolfe read it. Avers does a good job though. I really like his characterization of Severian, actually, just the right mix of foolishness and sophisticatio…
07 Jan 2009, 17:09
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thanks. I like the bit about sounds and voices. the comments at the bottom are hilarious. ~witz…
07 Jan 2009, 15:18
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WOAH!!!!!! I've searched the archives a few different ways and I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned. I'm not going to bother to attribute the quotes. it's just internet fodd…
06 Jan 2009, 23:37
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yeah. if we're gonna imagine it's origin, we might as well guess someone used the corridors to plant it back long enough for the crystal to grow around it, then show up to har…
01 Jan 2009, 03:38
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yeah, if it can be understood in scientific terms, it can't possibly be a spiritual metaphor. :P symbols in stories can operate at multiple levels. I don't jibe with the first p…
31 Dec 2008, 17:24
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all the "which Urth is Earth" type questions are great. but what do you think about the significance of Apu Punchau as I've thrown out here? do you think I'm totally off base? ~w…
30 Dec 2008, 18:44
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I haven't read all the replies yet, so forgive me if this is redundant. but I've always figured it was a painting of the moon photo for a couple of reasons. A) Rudesind cleans pa…
30 Dec 2008, 18:39
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Thanks for the feedback. I think all the comments so far are on-point. I had not noticed that yet. Great bit. I'll keep that in mind. this reminds me of working with Secret Chief…
30 Dec 2008, 18:36
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, I had the same thought about striking off heads, then checked the book. Severian interprets Baldanders this way. but as Paul points out Severian is often pretty off base. I th…
30 Dec 2008, 00:00
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Knew that he was the New Sun to be? something like (you, the New Sun) "Never" (the New Sun will be ) "Baldanders" "You--strike off." (Get the hell out of here) "Tomorrow, then." (…
29 Dec 2008, 17:27
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Interesting point Jeff, it seems perhaps a bit disingenuous of Wolfe's part, given the translator's notes in BotNS, which is signed by Wolfe. It says the manuscript is from the fut…
28 Dec 2008, 18:20
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I'm certainly not clear whether Earth is Urth, or whether Earth is to Urth as Urth is to Ushas. Probably the latter, yet the Hut in the Jungle seems to contain characters and time…
24 Dec 2008, 18:31
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I'm with you bsharp. I don't really follow your reasoning Jeff. How do you account for his consciousness residing in a star? or the power of a freaking star raising the dead, heali…
24 Dec 2008, 18:28
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sorry, I skipped your spoiler. starting Long Sun this week. ~m…
24 Dec 2008, 18:21
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Likewise, there could be some dogma in play like the Well This is what I'm saying. Severian's bodies come and go, but Severian is constant. Severian is a consciousness in a body …
24 Dec 2008, 17:21
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Ha!. David, you got me laughing out loud. I'm totally with you on all that. he probably is Santa Claus too. :D ~witz…
24 Dec 2008, 16:50
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I read Severian as some sort of cosmic principle. some sort of deity. As such, any manifestation of him would be appropriate to him. but hey, that's just my whacked out take.…
24 Dec 2008, 16:45
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Holy Cow, my head is reeling with ideas right now. I've got a decent amount of crude sketching done, though nowhere as much as I'd like. I hope to get some drawing done over next…
23 Dec 2008, 23:57
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yeah, I really don't think it's an either-or situation regarding Free Will and Intervention. I have a hard time putting it into words, but it doesn't cause any schism for me. It …
23 Dec 2008, 17:39
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