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I just stumbled onto this as I was looking for that music video of the Shadow of the Torturer "Filk" song. I can't remember the singer's name... Not sure if this has been shared h…
10 Jun 2011, 16:19
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I'm doing dishes, laughing my ass off imagining a Monty Python version of Book of The New Sun. I can't write the jokes, but I can SEE it! And now for something completely differe…
05 Dec 2010, 04:22
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Severian mentions the cistern under the Bell Keep at least 8 times in his five volumes. Does anyone find a particular significance to it? I haven't. He seems to use it for compari…
10 Nov 2010, 22:19
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Howdy listers, lurkers, and layabouts, As I've mentioned previously, I'm working on some illustrations related to New Sun... I have another question for you scientifically "hard" …
29 Oct 2010, 20:42
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One of the unanswered questions about The Claw of the Conciliator is "How did the thorn become encapsulated in corundum?" Nothing I've found in the books gives us a clue to a plot…
22 Jun 2010, 17:31
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so, I'm one of those geeks getting an iPad ASAP. I have tons of pdfs, and wanted to find a converter for ePub format. There are lots of paid apps, but I found this free one: http:…
31 Mar 2010, 16:42
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I just began part II of Soldier of Sidon this morning. I'm really loving this book. Very spooky. It's really easy to get caught up with Wolfes puzzle-boxes and amazing writing cho…
19 Mar 2010, 16:34
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I just finished Soldier in the Mist. What a book! I'm sure I've barely begun to make sense of it's puzzles. Here are my first impressions, for whatever they might be worth. (Ava…
21 Jan 2010, 18:42
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Before Severian branded Morwenna in CLAW Chapter IV, he "lifted his arms in the ancient salute". What do you suppose this "ancient salute" looks like? just curious.... Hi…
11 Sep 2009, 16:34
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22 May 2009, 18:49
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it's true, Brunians basically told me: "I'm intellectually superior to you so go read these books before I'll discuss anything with you" You know, if you want to show off, write s…
02 Apr 2009, 19:32
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Thanks for your help there, Brunians. priceless.…
02 Apr 2009, 19:08
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I read The Prince a LONG time ago... ~witz…
02 Apr 2009, 17:52
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I like this Lewis quote. that's my point. Is Wolfe positing this as a practical solution. I agree that it couldn't work with out the monarch being essentially god. which is why I w…
02 Apr 2009, 17:50
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refresher quote, questions below: SHADOW XXXII Five Legs: """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" "Severian. Name for me the seven principles of governance." It…
02 Apr 2009, 17:29
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since we're nerding out on BSG: http://www.brothers-brick.com/2009/01/16/frakking-skinjobs/ ~witz…
24 Mar 2009, 22:46
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The next bit I read after this discussion was from Shadow 24 Flower of Dissolution: "Beside me, Dorcas plucked a water hyacinth and put it in her hair. Except for the vague spot o…
20 Mar 2009, 16:38
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I was just talking lit with a coworker, and she recommended Dorothy Dunnet's Lymond Chronicles to me. Historical fiction with lots of literary and historical fiction and a lot of …
19 Mar 2009, 23:42
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Somewhere I read a suggestion about Seawrack and the Mother having a hidden scheme in Short Sun. What is it? Where is it? I REALLY don't get final bit about The Mother and the b…
18 Mar 2009, 23:47
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Ok, so I'm rereading NewSun again. what the hell is going on in the Hut in the Jungle. I understand that it serves to show us that one can time travel, without knowing it, by mer…
18 Mar 2009, 20:08
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while we've been talking about Babbie, what do people make of that Horn in Babbie concept that was thrown around years ago. Stu pointed it out to me. what the hell is up with th…
17 Mar 2009, 18:10
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RE: Terminus Est, "Her sheath covered most of her guard" ok, help, please: Not being very well versed in Swords, I've never heard of a sheath covering the guard. I thought they a…
16 Mar 2009, 22:19
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more illustration related questions: """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" Shadow 2: For my part, I had already adopted as my own the device graved in bronze…
17 Feb 2009, 17:44
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No, it's not a new subgenre, it's a costuming question. So, Severian's got this huge sword on a baldric, slung over his (left) shoulder most of the time. Too big to hang from a sw…
17 Feb 2009, 17:32
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I thought Cafe Du Nord WAS the Swedish American Hall. I guess there's more to it. Cafe Du Nord is a nice room. good call. and you know, there was a time I might have nominated my …
13 Feb 2009, 22:38
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All right, I warned ya I'd be pimping this when the time was right. Finally, the band has their webstore up. http://www.orangetulipconspiracy.com/store.php My Monomachy illustrat…
13 Feb 2009, 18:19
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"Oh Scylla!" I think that moment in Short Sun, which I read last night on my birthday, was probably one of the best, most heart-breakingly joyful moments I've EVER had the pleasur…
13 Feb 2009, 00:44
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I'm sorry, I CAN NOT WAIT for tonight's episode. last episode had to be the best so far. Roslin is my girl!!!!…
06 Feb 2009, 22:19
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I'm midway through Lake of the Long Sun, and loving this series so far. At this point, it seems much more straightforward than BotNS, but, of course, there is all sorts of suspici…
07 Jan 2009, 17:22
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thinking about the symbolic relationship between the Claw and the White Fountain, I looked through some of my mother in-law's crystal books for reference. In "Healing with Gem…
30 Dec 2008, 00:12
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I don't think Apu-Punchau is related to the Commonwealth state religion. If that's coming from my post, I meant the Conciliator influenced the state religion. There are two ways …
23 Dec 2008, 22:59
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(Here's one for the Wolfe Inspired Music, Particolored Brocade to the tune of Rasberry Beret) I just realized that the multicolored lining in Don Maitz's Shadow cover isn't as co…
19 Dec 2008, 18:07
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I think the main theme of UoTNS is this time loop situation. Wolfe seems to be playing a game of chicken and egg. Which came first? Severian or Conciliator, Apu or Sev? etc. Bal…
12 Dec 2008, 17:23
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One detail from the book suggests the possibility of an actual Jesus figure in the history of Urth. The Green Book. Shadow VI: "A green book hardly larger than my hand and no thic…
04 Dec 2008, 17:32
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... Is "Christian Thought" the only reading of the Christian myth? One can stand outside the tradition of the church and still make interpretations of this STORY. It is a fictio…
04 Dec 2008, 17:13
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Is Severian's speculation at the end of Citadel to be taken at face value? Citadel 38: "Two things are clear to me. The first is that I am not the first Severian..." Reading the…
03 Dec 2008, 17:54
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Yeah, it's not the same. I agree Wolfe and Joyce are moderns. Bringing up postmodernism, for me, was about the endlessly relative erosion of truth and meaning, and such as you desc…
26 Nov 2008, 23:40
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Can anyone help me out with this "black hole" thing? I see how it's inferred from the text at one point, when Aquastor Malrubius says: (Citadel, XXXI, Sand Garden) "You know of the…
26 Nov 2008, 00:06
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Sunday morning I was fried, sort of staring at the bookshelf, and I noticed that "Godel Escher Bach" book-cover Dan'l mentioned. Pondering it, I realized it is very much the perfe…
24 Nov 2008, 18:34
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Okay, I'll buy that Roy. Man, that Solar Labyrinth has some wacky ideas. just read his idea about that oversized baby in Baldander's castle being Severian and Juturnas baby from ma…
20 Nov 2008, 17:41
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I just read Borski's solar labyrinth article on Thecla. My Father's Mounted Guard. Her Father is the Autarch. seems pretty viable to me, and a lot more interesting than the mundane…
18 Nov 2008, 18:34
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sort of started as Bungle without Patton, but has long since eclipsed anything Patton has done in terms quality, but definitely not notoriety. Not too many people know of SC3. It'…
06 Nov 2008, 20:42
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while I'm diggin up the moldy oldies: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0011/0069.shtml this is the best analysis of this book that I've come across yet, by FAR: From: "J. Sch…
25 Oct 2008, 04:20
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RE: The Hut in the Jungle: I've been beating my head up about this part. serious WTF?!?!? territory. but then I find this 11 year old tidbit from Mantis. Blows my mind: ::::::::…
24 Oct 2008, 23:47
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Old topic, I know. hopefully it's not unwelcome to respond to some very old posts. I'm an illustrator, and I've been sketching some scenes from this book over the last month or so…
23 Oct 2008, 23:49
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Sure, it would seem that everyone he absorbed, via Thecla or Autarch is capable of coloring his memory. I'm curious if anyone has identified other instances of this.…
14 Oct 2008, 21:26
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RE: the Avern, The Flower of Dissolution: The Avern is a symbol of the Conciliator, of Severian. (as well as the other Death/ Underworld meanings it carries. Quote "They had a st…
09 Oct 2008, 23:33
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