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Appreciating the Heinlein connections noted by Gem and Gerry; a reminder that RAH is still relevant in the 21st century, as Christopher Nuttall might put it. The interesting bit a…
27 Jan 2020, 21:47
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What if Donkey's great ears mis-heard 'bilad masih' as biladmaser? This is nearly arabic for 'land of the messiah'. 'barr' denotes 'land' as well.…
26 Apr 2015, 19:46
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The barbs are littered with glass and fallen walls, leaving water-filled foundations that unwary travelers fall into. So there's a play on words available that allows falinwalls = …
26 Apr 2015, 18:37
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Re-reading The Land Across. Possibly this is a spoiler. I noticed something on the second page that I probably should have picked up on a first read. The narrator writes about spen…
17 Dec 2013, 22:48
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Piotr, Christopher, and Matthew pose interesting questions. Let's start with the scissors. Scissors form a cross when opened. It's not unreasonable to suppose scissors in Wolfe's …
13 Dec 2013, 05:49
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??I don’t trust that conductor. Why is he so short???? Is Rocky the flying squirrel quoted by Grafton?…
12 Dec 2013, 22:25
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Taking a moment to piggy-back a few thoughts atop Marc Aramini's several posts about _Home Fires_. In the first chapter of _Home Fires_, Skip Grison mentions the last two cases he…
10 Jun 2013, 00:05
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Marc: Thanks for sharing your ideas that relate the six/seven?Caribbean island characters to other characters in the book. I imagined the interlude was a bit like Wolfe's dream seq…
07 Jun 2013, 15:27
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Earlier this week, Michael Swanwick posted the opening paragraphs of his contribution. http://floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2013/02/acolytes-of-wolfe.html Marc, can there ever be a…
02 Mar 2013, 19:13
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just noticed Claw of the Conciliator translated into French as "La Griffe du demi-dieu"...at first glance, seems an intrusive choice by the translator. Why 'demi-dieu' over 'concil…
30 Jan 2013, 16:13
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Responding to Mark Aramini's interesting comments on Proust...In the third paragraph of Peace, Weer states that whenever he explained the reason for the hand in the waist-coat, "th…
01 Apr 2012, 19:16
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David Stockhoff added a few comments recently about the use of "hundred day" in Home Fires, exploring the possibility that the calendar is altered in some way that may illuminate t…
16 Jan 2012, 19:02
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Glad to see this topic arise from the dead. I finished a third re-read of HF and want to share an idea. Throughout Home Fires, we find out very little about the Os. What we know f…
02 Dec 2011, 17:54
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Yes, Os = "mouth" is one of the possible meanings that can make you scratch your head. ?Another possibility is Os = "Yourselves / Each Other."?The anthem. "El Continente de los H?r…
24 Oct 2011, 22:45
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On Wednesday, October 19, 2011 4:16 PM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote in reply to me: I was calculating that 22 "thousand-day years" is about 60 "three-hundred…
23 Oct 2011, 16:38
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I agree, an author should give a hint of any change in the definition of a year. The question is whether "hundred-day" is a hint. As Dan'l points out, we only have a "hundred-day" …
23 Oct 2011, 15:25
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any of the Blue family can recognize each other to any degree because they're all replacements/overlays. Still, somehow Chelle recognized her replacement mother at the airport whil…
19 Oct 2011, 19:59
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David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> asked: My thirst for?Home Fires got quenched in the first chapter while trying to figure out why yellow FAX paper would be so comfortin…
18 Oct 2011, 02:02
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A few days ago, John Watkins, agreeing with James Wyatt about a quality of the president in AEG, wrote: < I thought the character's speech patterns were recognizably those of Georg…
30 Sep 2009, 05:39
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Try this idea on for size: Gold's story about Venus as fake is artistic invention, acting as an entertaining distraction not much different from Weer's unrevealed story of Napoleon…
09 Jul 2009, 15:52
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Another word or two about porcelain. It's formed from a hard clay paste heated to an extreme temperature. Dresden china lays claim to being the first European hard paste porcelain…
30 Jun 2009, 19:25
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Not long ago, Allan Anderson asked: <<< But here's my question: at the cast party, someone tells Cassie she looks like she's seen a banshee. Aren't Banshees often seen washing bloo…
30 Apr 2009, 15:15
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Matt Keeley asks: ------------------ B-R Girl: I like everyone of them fifty times more than you. Even Christabelle. Cassie : Puts me in my place. Got a spoon? B-R Girl: I even l…
30 Mar 2009, 04:28
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Cassie: "I wish we could be friends." B-R girl: "I've got three friends...Rita, Amber, and Christabelle." - p28 There's been a bit of discussion about the "loose ends" in AEG, but…
29 Mar 2009, 21:43
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Mike Legezda wrote: "Pryderi explains that Niman is a corruption of the term "Near-man"." Niman is also a Hopi word meaning "Home-Going". Hopi traditionalists celebrate a summer-s…
05 Mar 2009, 22:06
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