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+1 I started that chapter keenly, but got exaclty zero useful insight.…
06 Jan 2011, 21:08
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It's not conceited, or too oedantic, in my opinion. If we all followed it the list would be much easier to read. I didn't realize about the iDevice pipe-switch. How "magical."…
06 Jan 2011, 19:17
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Thanks for the learnin, Teach. So, we should quote only what is relevant, and shouldn't "top-post" especially without deleting the long articles that trail it. Ok. That all makes…
06 Jan 2011, 18:56
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How about you edumacate us childrens on the best practices? This is the first and only mailing list I've used. ~witz…
06 Jan 2011, 17:34
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+1 ~witz…
05 Jan 2011, 18:56
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Luchadore! Ahhhh! Well, not bad really. Cyriaca mentions his chin is covered, because she guesses he has a cleft chin, and Sev says she's wrong, and she says he is wrong. So whethe…
04 Jan 2011, 20:42
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Yes, lane, that is mostly in line with my mental image. But then, consider two details. At one point Sev tells us the rockets have '"swelling sides" and that no one could climb dow…
04 Jan 2011, 18:10
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I don't want to start ranting about comics, but calling him a "comics author" is very appropriate in that it highlights the particular problems of the craft. Comics are a distinct…
04 Jan 2011, 18:03
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04 Jan 2011, 17:52
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Don't get me started. I think the artist was gave it an honest, earnest attempt. Economics likely affected the renderings. A lot is very sketchy. Naifeh's style has evolved into s…
04 Jan 2011, 17:46
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Man, you guys crack me up. You think that Don Maitz is thinking about subtended angles and how many miles away the moon is, at least in a way that can be calculated. Ha!…
03 Jan 2011, 20:00
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Flato recently answered my "What the hell is the purpose of the false coin." question pretty well, I think. Severian has blasted through oaths and alegiences as he "backed inyo th…
03 Jan 2011, 17:33
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I LOVE the Pennington covers, though they do not match my idea of Urth. His divergance into an expressionistic pysychedelic landscape is very welcome. They read like awesome painti…
02 Jan 2011, 21:36
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This Devil in a Forest cover is excellent. The sort of thing I'd like for The Knight. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hoofandhide/4154273310/ ~Mike…
01 Jan 2011, 20:38
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The Long Sun 2 volume edition covers are brilliantly executed in all the ways you seem to be asking for. They seem like rich historical paintings and not cheap SF scenes. The indiv…
01 Jan 2011, 19:32
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Welcome. There seem to be a lot of "Matthews" around here. I know another Matthew NewSun nut who doesn't post here as well. Something about this quasi-religious stuff atracts Matth…
01 Jan 2011, 16:45
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Of course, that is the ploughman's meaning. I think my explanation aims for sooth sayers meaning. All that you said is true. Sometimes I find it easier to see the symbols if you …
01 Jan 2011, 04:04
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I think I just had Gestalt-O-Vision with the "Closed roads" What the hell is the purpose of the closed roads? The closed roads seem to represent how there is no growth, only stagn…
01 Jan 2011, 00:54
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Re: Vegetative schema there from the beginning: It dawned on me today that there IS a a big component that points towards this, The Tale of the Town That Forgot Fauna.…
31 Dec 2010, 23:12
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Sure, but the fauna on these planets isn't fresh from the lab.…
31 Dec 2010, 23:04
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I missed the name calling, but please don't leave, Roy. Who else would slap sense into us? I'm trying to open up to the possibility that "Green is Urth" (which is how he wrote it …
31 Dec 2010, 17:02
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I'm completely with Flato here.…
30 Dec 2010, 17:57
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Scan that shit already, dude. ~witz…
30 Dec 2010, 17:35
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OH MY GOD, RYAN! Read it! Considering what you're up to. Plus, dunnoh if this happened to you, but my first read of BotNS was befuddling and frustrating. It opened up later. Lon…
30 Dec 2010, 17:25
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We're asking, "How does the essence of the myth come through?" It is NOT just the name, it is the same story. If there is a metaphysical TRUTH in a myth, perhaps this truth is an …
30 Dec 2010, 06:55
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No Lee, it doesn't indicate the veracity of the Bible. It does *potentially* indicate a deluge drowning an older civilization, but there are hundreds of Deluge Myths, why single ou…
29 Dec 2010, 23:31
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Don't sweat it Lee. Urth ain't Green or Blue.…
29 Dec 2010, 22:50
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On Dec 28, 2010, at 8:03 AM, Ant?nio Pedro Marques <entonio at gmail.com> wrote: yet, "What the hell is the purpose of the City of the Inhumi."? I like how my blunt question ha…
29 Dec 2010, 17:24
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I just managed to read these two for the first time this morning, after the frenzy subsided. Both are really entertaining. Thanks for the tip, I had forgotten them. I read them to …
25 Dec 2010, 18:33
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I understand the dying sun as a threat of judgement by the Yesodis. Urth is being judged, and Severian, as the Epitome, stands for all. This much is clear. How this relates to Ere…
25 Dec 2010, 18:29
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Well, his act still gives humanity the chance to live on. Whether they will be enslaved, or an improved humanity is an open question. Severian's role does not seem to be to destroy…
24 Dec 2010, 18:44
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parallelepipede A new favorite word. I was listening to a Captain Beefheart song in rememberance while looking it uo. Somehow it fit very nicely.…
23 Dec 2010, 17:16
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Ryan, what you lay out is, I believe, the standard reading most of us have. Jame's idea is sorta from the wilderness. I think it is interesting, but it will take a lot to convince…
22 Dec 2010, 20:03
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ok, good point. I forgot to consider how much a bit of distance can mean in that stream. Yeah, me either. Clearly we would expect a myth to wander from its roots, especially when …
22 Dec 2010, 18:30
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Yes, O agree that the Contessa and the woman on the Path of Air are probably Catherine. This scene is so poignant and mysterious. The connection between the two seems huge. The eve…
22 Dec 2010, 18:18
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Ooh, better and better! Thanks Ryan. I forgot to deal with Ouen. (I'm not trying to prove a theory, just climbing out on a branch to see if it will hold.) So James, are you mappi…
22 Dec 2010, 17:56
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Yes, the Khaibits (sp?) and the soldiers with faces more akin than brothers. The stream seems obvious when now, but I hadn't even thought to connect this story to Typhon and Sever…
22 Dec 2010, 17:30
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I have "aesthetic blowback" to the idea of Severian as a clone as well. Here is an idea: Spring Wind and Bird of the Wood have a sort of tryst, a brief encounter when he comes to U…
21 Dec 2010, 18:44
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So I'm told, and so it seems. I get sensitive myself. We all need to keep thick skin when dealing with the impersonality of the internet and the fact that it is soooo easy to be n…
21 Dec 2010, 18:31
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I never really got that story. You might be onto something there. I love the idea that Severian is in that book. I'm not sure about all that stuff about founding the wall and stuf…
21 Dec 2010, 18:28
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Lee, Gerry's point is valid. There IS a better description of the elephant. He does NOT put himself in the shoes of this "Sighted Man". I see it more like: Lee: (holding the tail…
21 Dec 2010, 17:44
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This is getting really interesting... Good post, James. I don't know the Long-Short lineage stuff, so I can't judge yet. This bit you wrote lit my head up, can you elaborate? ""If …
21 Dec 2010, 17:36
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I'm pretty much in sync with this layout, Lee. Can someone bust out the RttW mausoleum quotation? I don't have the text around and I've only read it once. Does it say it is Typhon…
21 Dec 2010, 17:28
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That sounds excellent. Man, I have no idea what I would have made of New Sun in high school, much less 6th grade. A book I think New Sun must have inspired, Imagica by Clive Bark…
21 Dec 2010, 00:46
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I think all of of us are disappointed that the text seems to present very different mausoleums. It isn't argued against based on aesthetics. Aesthetically, I think everyone wants i…
20 Dec 2010, 20:32
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Hits *Read Later* > saved to Instapaper!…
20 Dec 2010, 18:26
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Wow. I can't wait to re read these with this in mind, I've only read Long-Short once. Stu turned me onto Aramini's ideas after reading the series the first time and my head was spi…
20 Dec 2010, 18:22
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19 Dec 2010, 18:50
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I dig all that. It truly is his book of gold and his initiation into the myths of Urth's past. Severian himself wonders if his memoir will be someone's Book of Gold. I think it is …
18 Dec 2010, 21:37
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Yeah. Again, it seems sooooooooo obvious I can't believe it is controversial.…
18 Dec 2010, 16:38
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