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I have been trying to construct the wiki pages for *Peace*, and upon rereading it while preparing for this task, I discovered some twists on the interpretation of the tale of St. B…
12 Sep 2007, 22:41
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Did anybody else read this story in the 30th anniversary issue of F&SF - the October/November double issue? I didn't see anything deeply hidden here (which doesn't mean it's not …
12 Oct 2005, 20:17
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Hello everyone, It's good to see that the migration to the new server was successful. I haven't said anything about Knight yet, but I did have two thoughts that I don't recall …
29 Sep 2004, 01:46
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While we're on the subject, I've had some more ideas on Marea. Marea means "tide" in Spanish. This should mean it's on the Pacific, in a formerly Spanish-speaking area. (Does …
09 Mar 2003, 16:16
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I think Charles Reed is absolutely right when he sees echoes of the Ancient Mariner in Castaway. I just want to comment that the Ancient Mariner is also referenced a couple of …
10 Feb 2003, 14:59
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This question Spectacled Bear asked earlier about the hero's name (Wolfe always refers to him as "he") is making me wonder whether something strange is going on. It later become…
12 Jan 2003, 17:02
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I've finished my rereading of There are Doors, and know the answers to some of the questions I asked in my previous post. Here are some answers and some more questions. The dis…
04 Jan 2003, 22:43
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While we're talking about the Green Man, I'll take the opportunity to ask a question which has been bugging me about the New Sun for a long time. This may be something people have…
03 Jan 2003, 13:33
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I'm rereading "There are Doors" again, and am around a third of the way through. Here are some questions and comments. Did Lara really turn winter into summer? (p 26, Tor mass ma…
30 Dec 2002, 14:09
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The very interesting thread about identity started me thinking, and I think I may have an answer to a puzzle in 5HC. The puzzle, which I have never been satisfied with the resolu…
23 Nov 2002, 16:47
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Inspired by mantis's identification of Santa Claus as the switcher of the presents, I reread the section of Peace containing Christmas at Grandfather's.I am inclined to agree tha…
28 Oct 2002, 01:59
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When the falling of the elm awakens Weer, he finds himself in a room with a fieldstone fireplace. He seems to have been intermittently awake between his death and the fall of t…
22 Oct 2002, 15:00
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I think I've figured out another piece of the Doris puzzle. I was going to wait until I'd thought through its ramifications further before posting, but when I saw Roy's speculatio…
16 Oct 2002, 14:11
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A while ago, I read Robert Borski's essay, "The Devil his Due," which makes the connection of Peace with Faust, and identifies Weer as the devil. I think that Borski often notic…
04 Oct 2002, 13:32
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The recent charge that discussions on this list have become "loony" made me start thinking, and I think part of the problem is that we are concentrating too much on the hard aspec…
14 Sep 2002, 17:10
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Hello, Despite all the effort spent analyzing many of the embedded stories in Peace, there seems to have been relatively little written in this forum about the banshee story. I…
25 Aug 2002, 13:52
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Hello, This is an elaboration on my previous post, where I speculated about the meaning of the banshee story. I have some new thoughts about this story, which I'll give in a la…
21 Aug 2002, 03:32
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Hello, I have a few thoughts inspired by Robert Borski's recent essay on Peace. I don't believe that Weer is the devil, but I do like the idea that uncle Julius is the devil. …
19 Aug 2002, 02:30
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One of the interesting questions in 5HC is whether humans and abos are two, or one peoples, and whether they can interbreed. Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> speculates I have anothe…
04 Jul 2002, 01:28
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In response to my post about Mr. Tilly's death, mantis comments I'm not convinced. I see Sherry's death as being one instance of the "everybody is dead" theme, and Weer's stroke…
29 May 2002, 10:56
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Hello, Did Mrs. Tilly's ghost really poison Mr. TIlly? I haven't seen this question discussed in the mailing list, so I'm assuming that most people think the ghost did it. I th…
22 May 2002, 09:42
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Hi, I've been lurking for a while, and I think it's time I contributed something. I have a theory about the ending of Peace that I'll be describing later in this post, but before…
07 Sep 2001, 10:43
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