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is there enough action in this book to justify that. the Dr. Talos's Play would be a tough level I suppose. anyone check out the Dante's Inferno game? I played the demo for a f…
04 Feb 2010, 15:11
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Thanks Jack. This makes me curious about Herodotus. I've never read The Histories. Crap, I have to admit having never even read Homer. Better get cracking. ~witz sent from my iPa…
28 Jan 2010, 00:55
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I vaguely remember something about a desecrated grove. Do you remember what scene or chapter that was. thanks. ~witz…
26 Jan 2010, 22:35
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I thought I had read as much. Also, isn't there a moon named Io in our solar system. don't planets and moons only get deity names?…
22 Jan 2010, 23:33
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I'm curious to see how it develops in the other novels, if at all. Ah, thanks for that.you're absolutely right. I somehow forgot about that part. I blame my short, fragmented read…
22 Jan 2010, 17:09
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Sure. I didn't mean to imply it's weird. just another layer onto the "stranger in a strange land feeling. I thought that I might be reaching with that. I wonder if it's safe to ca…
21 Jan 2010, 23:00
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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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I hate to say it, but this narrator pales in comparison with the American Library for the Blind's narrator, Roy Avers. I've been so excited for a version that doesn't have all sor…
19 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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really? san francisco.…
29 Apr 2009, 17:31
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you internet ho-bag... :D i'm on it, wasting more time there than here recently. Michael Bennewitz…
29 Apr 2009, 17:24
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This is the main thing I get out of the Gnostic theology I've looked into. It strikes me that people critiquing it as mere "duality" is a bit off base. I think, at a really simple …
08 Apr 2009, 18:40
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yuk yuk!…
07 Apr 2009, 16:33
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Come on now, Lesbians are capable of having children. many do. b Sharp, I really like the stuff you've been sketching out here. ~Witz…
07 Apr 2009, 14:11
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getting dim memories of Land of the Lost now. SLEESTAKS!!!…
07 Apr 2009, 13:57
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well, there is this detail at least: Shadow X The Last Year: """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" "Then that is enough for you. Look here," she held up the brown book. "Here it says, …
07 Apr 2009, 13:56
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nice parsing. I love that 49 bit. in the realm of Sci-Fi, has anyone else done this sort of embedded casual time travel structure before? I've always considered our timelines to…
04 Apr 2009, 17:08
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Well, give the other responses to your reply, it shouldn't be hard to see how my shorter restating is a reasonable interpretation. That I'm not handy with all the jargon does not …
02 Apr 2009, 20:13
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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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Plop!…
02 Apr 2009, 17:07
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Guaranteed these discussions wouldn't get so pitched in real life face to face. Faceless internet communication makes it much harder to recognize a joke, or when you've gone to…
01 Apr 2009, 14:11
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Sharp, I think you've got some good stuff here. I can't dig in right now but I didn't want to leave you hanging. the idea of the library hidden in the past, while cumbersome and …
01 Apr 2009, 14:08
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Now that's pretty interesting. would the Sorcerers underground pits list among those examples? Is there any reason to infer that the time travel device in the vertical structur…
31 Mar 2009, 06:11
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Gotcha!…
30 Mar 2009, 18:47
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I love the part where he says "All those geeks who can't realize Severian is Christ don't get it, LOL" ~Witz…
30 Mar 2009, 17:53
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Nicolai Fechin: Thecla? http://artscenecal.com/ArtistsFiles/FechinN/FechinNFile/FechinNPics/NFechin3.html http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2315769186_d1dc8d7a5d.jpg?v=0 Karlof…
27 Mar 2009, 05:01
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I was hoping so. my last words. there was some good stuff in this thread though.…
26 Mar 2009, 21:19
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**** ANY TAX ADVICE IN THIS COMMUNICATION IS NOT INTENDED OR WRITTEN BY BotNS TO BE USED, AND CANNOT BE USED, BY A CLIENT OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF (i) AVOID…
26 Mar 2009, 20:57
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I think it makes a lot of sense, even if there are not other Landers flying from Blue to Green ala Pajarocu. Love how you connected it to the sewer clearing. ~witz…
26 Mar 2009, 20:47
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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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there's some interesting stuff in this article: http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/03/battlestar-galactica-daybreak-finale-moore-mcdonnell-olmos.html…
23 Mar 2009, 23:27
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I just want to point out that when I compared BSG to New Sun, it was not Moore to Wolfe, but "Some Themes & Plot in BSG" to "Some Themes & Plot in BotNS" This thing does not have t…
23 Mar 2009, 19:42
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yeah, but they kept up with after that. Anders repeated it once he got jacked in and all oracular.…
23 Mar 2009, 18:21
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This "Ancient Astronauts" sort of idea is one of the best aspects of the endings. all the cultural reports of knowledge being handed down from the gods... funny. OF course they h…
23 Mar 2009, 17:04
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haha. you and Wynn are both totally right. I still enjoyed the hell out of it. I suppose I didn't have such expectations. and well, I was also a little drinky when I watched it,…
22 Mar 2009, 04:28
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Wow. I'm not sure I could disagree more. [complete spoilitude follows] my big questions were answered, and most threads were resolved, even if pat TV answers weren't given. May…
21 Mar 2009, 15:32
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Shadow Chap 24 (Orb omnibus 1 p148) ""I would tilt it as far back as I can, until at last the evil runs out altogether," I said. "It might be the good that would run out. But I am …
20 Mar 2009, 22:50
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Jordon, what was that you were telling me about the Corn genetics that had a more metaphoric angle? I can't quite remember, yet I seem to think there was more resonance for me tha…
20 Mar 2009, 20:06
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neat. I just read that to my son and it went over both our heads. ~m…
20 Mar 2009, 20:02
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Stockhoff: Watkins: Now I think I can get behind this. I think we may have come to terms with this thing here. what do you think Wynn? Lackey? Flato? Hamm? ~witz…
20 Mar 2009, 17:51
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hey, speaking of other details that illustrate this idea, anyone seen a double edged sword lately? Cuts both ways. :D ~witz…
20 Mar 2009, 17:15
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Wow. The wine goblet. duh... this is too cool. ~witz…
20 Mar 2009, 17:10
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Oh, good stuff Watkins. when you mention time reversing when exceeding the speed of light, that resonates with some of the other meat of this opening passage, the idea of the light…
20 Mar 2009, 17:04
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I seem to see the wispy edges of a ghost there... ~witz…
20 Mar 2009, 16:48
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oh shit that he-man arm is funny. burninating...…
20 Mar 2009, 16:46
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