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laughing out loud. good work Jerry. Yes on the first paragraph. absolutely. Not Sure on the second paragraph about the "real meaningful Amphisbaena" I haven't completely grokk…
19 Mar 2009, 06:16
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Dang. I didn't think of that. I'm cool with the dream/time travel trip. I threw it out there to see if there were strong objections to that idea. I don't think SS=Sol would be …
19 Mar 2009, 06:09
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See Baldandars/Frankenstein discussion in this thread.…
19 Mar 2009, 05:51
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I hear you. But wouldn't that mean that Divine Silk was a pattern and not a soul or psyche? I've understood that it was Divine Silk that got into Pig and thus Horn/Silk. Unles…
19 Mar 2009, 05:49
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that's interesting considering your and my first exchange where you argued that the flattening of a hierarchy of the 3 meanings was what you found interesting, and what I found…
19 Mar 2009, 05:44
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no no. It's not just "cute". it's fairly profound. it's literal, and it's a good example of why I've been saying the time loop is intractable. Things in this story's past have th…
19 Mar 2009, 05:31
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Ok. I just read that old post of yours, and I think I get you more clearly. http://lists.urth.net/htdig.cgi/urth-urth.net/2004-December/004360.html You're NOT including Pas in y…
19 Mar 2009, 05:23
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I think there's some timeline screw up here. When Horn get's permission, he's plain Horn. The Rajan writes about it after the fact, with his Horn memories. he'd have to be lying,…
19 Mar 2009, 04:39
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Man, this is so twisted. what is the symbolic point of this. and wouldn't there be four quills in the pen case if Wolfe was really plotting this idea into it? I've forgotten, how c…
18 Mar 2009, 23:40
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That's interesting. the enchantment idea actually works pretty well, though it can't account for the plan. and Long Past works pretty much just as well for me. I think part of t…
18 Mar 2009, 23:33
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I am. it seems abundantly clear, and even GW's translator note says as much. I dismiss outright the suggestion that GW may not = Gene Wolfe. Now that's interesting. I should read …
18 Mar 2009, 21:27
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Yeah, I voted against it. Alcatraz brings in lots of morbid curiosity tourist dollars. Who the hell is gonna take a ferry out to a Global Peace Center. I mean, WTF is that anyway…
18 Mar 2009, 21:07
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yeah, I can only really enjoy Millers pulpy dialogue at this point.…
18 Mar 2009, 20:09
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I ought to reread those as an adult. I remember Swamp Thing being a bit obtuse to me when I picked it up. I assume that, given it's Moore, it holds up after all this time. Sadly…
18 Mar 2009, 19:54
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James, you officially just blew my fucking mind.…
18 Mar 2009, 19:43
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probably a good instinct, I guess. these memes have a way of taking over. The forum where I met Jordon is awash in ridiculous memes right now. they grow like cancer.…
18 Mar 2009, 19:26
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Wait. Horn a clone of Typhon?!?!?!?! What makes you suggest that? I guess I can sort of swallow, chokingly, the idea that Horn became a neighbor in the pit as Stu describes. I'd…
18 Mar 2009, 19:17
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He's said he knew what he was doing and he knew that "this day would come", so I guess the only stupid thing, in terms of his own benefit, was to not die or go into hiding before t…
18 Mar 2009, 18:49
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haha. yeah, I was unclear if the pre-adolescent scat s&m was a pro or con. extreme perversion in lit: I like it in Burroughs, I like it in Bataille, but I've seen no reason to read…
18 Mar 2009, 18:46
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I've been needing the push to actually get past pg 300 of Gravity's Rainbow. tried three times, never got further. is there a reason to care within all that psychedelic listing of …
18 Mar 2009, 18:19
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No, actually I don't have a problem with that. I'm quite aware that I can't control external things. I just dont' agree with the can control / can't control items he listed. I'd sw…
18 Mar 2009, 17:36
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I disagreed so much with the first paragraph's foundations that I didn't bother with the rest. And I see no reason to kill the thread. Not like there was anything going on here f…
18 Mar 2009, 16:45
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I just think it would. and all the talk I've heard about detention camps for domestic dissidents and such. uh, cause for hope?…
18 Mar 2009, 14:24
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my gatt? it's tucked safely in my belt. which is around my knees of course. I too thought you were younger, FWIW.…
18 Mar 2009, 14:16
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oops. less by half. I had a 40 odd msgs still marked unread in my home inbox.…
18 Mar 2009, 13:59
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You have been calm. it's your short quips that seem snarky. when you back them up with elaboration they're not so snarky. just saying, one whippersnapper to another. ~witz…
18 Mar 2009, 13:57
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Woah. I didn't say I wanted to pass laws. I only said I was conflicted about the issue, and that my younger pre- programmed bias for gun control has slowly eroded. I don't know wh…
18 Mar 2009, 13:52
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ok, now I see why you asked? how old do you think I am? many of my close peers have always favored a revolution. I'm NOT, by arguing that we should do nothing. I'm saying an armed …
18 Mar 2009, 13:48
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I'm 34. why? and legal, illegal. meh. it's obviously pretty easy for people to get guns if they want one.…
18 Mar 2009, 13:43
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Now we're onto something. I live in San Francisco, near Bayview (a "ghetto"), right up the street from where the Bologna family was famously massacred over a minor traffic inco…
18 Mar 2009, 04:34
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LoL. you may not. unless of course you don't mind if I say: "Yo Dawg, I heard you like reading about possesion, so we put some Pas in your Silk and some Silk in your Horn so yo…
18 Mar 2009, 02:43
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I guess it underscores the Babbie/Pig parallel, to some degree. Yet, I see no symbolic or plot reason for Horn in Babbie. Why, would a part of Horn enter Babbie? Surely it's not …
17 Mar 2009, 18:43
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nah. but maybe I should have. I've been accused of stirring the shit here before. probably won't be the last time. ~witz…
17 Mar 2009, 17:49
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That's how I took your post, and I thought it was an interesting insight. I didn't take it as a dis on Americans. Of course, not all of our families were even here during the wild…
17 Mar 2009, 17:43
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while we're getting all serious about the second amendment, steer yourself to youtube and check my man Weird Al's song, Trigger Happy, one of his best originals. http://www.youtub…
17 Mar 2009, 17:40
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Thought I was getting off topic with Alan Moore... I guess Silk's act of giving away slug-guns to his militia rings in light of the Second Amendment, though I'd have to agree with…
17 Mar 2009, 17:18
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You know, I was disappointed at the fact that Katie Sackhoff came across like a bimbo. Dang. What a wilter.…
17 Mar 2009, 16:50
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ha. thanks Stu. I'd have to clear it with teh Mrs, too. I can't leave her high and dry, we've watched this whole thing together. Very few pop-culture things we've thoroughly geeked…
17 Mar 2009, 16:38
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"V for Vendetta" is much more politically charged than Watchmen, in that "V for Vendetta" is making a case for anarchism, and distinctly critiquing the Thatcher era as fascist.…
17 Mar 2009, 06:26
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Dang, watching this "Last Frakking Special" I think you're right. they didn't know where they were going.…
17 Mar 2009, 05:46
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wow. thanks for the hot tip. is kneejerk politics the only lens to observe Alan Moore's work with?…
17 Mar 2009, 01:30
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That seems to be a remarkably common critique of Alan Moore. to my ears, it sounds something like "Another social critique that doesn't offer a alternative solution! Now you got me…
16 Mar 2009, 23:08
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I think the BSG story arc was planned. we'll see. this season is kinda hurting though. in other tangental news, (seems to fit as well here as anywhere) Watchmen was pretty frackin…
16 Mar 2009, 22:29
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Yes, this jibes with me much more. ~witz…
16 Mar 2009, 22:14
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Nice, Jeff.…
06 Mar 2009, 21:57
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are you looking at PDF tools for the reason I would expect? ~witz…
05 Mar 2009, 02:55
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Hope that wasn't eating at you this long, Jeffrey. yeah, those ones on the shirt are much more in line and not very BSG looking. (also, BTW, not really feeling the last few BSG ep…
03 Mar 2009, 17:13
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Roy, thanks for justifying it with the text. great stuff. I agree about the significance this ship has linking Severian, the Autarch, and Ymar. I feel certain the face on that par…
18 Feb 2009, 21:28
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I thought the text was pretty clear about making them mirrored, yet flexible. Silvered Sails. I don't think they are rigid, and I believe we encounter masts with sails unfurled. I…
18 Feb 2009, 18:36
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Thanks. This is all really helpful. Since I always pictured a masted ship, and Tzadkiel's reinforces that concept, I suppose I'll go with a Ship under full sail, at an upward angle…
18 Feb 2009, 16:52
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