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Dave Tallman <davetallman at msn.com> writes: is a http://www.khamush.com/persian/rubaie236.htm, >"Nadân-ám" means "I cannot." Googling a while ago, I came across …
24 Oct 2010, 19:46
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Roy wrote It is not a mistake; Winker is Baxter's name for her. Actually, when she introduced herself to Orizia, she said her name was Winkle Inari, but she was speaking with a J…
02 May 2010, 15:26
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Roy wrote When it says "Her images vanished," doesn't this mean she has to be dancing with herself (probably a hologram, as Roy suggests). In real life, this has to correspond t…
26 Jan 2009, 21:07
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Dave Tallman <davetallman at msn.com> says Just one comment: Springfield is the city where the first production of "Dating the Volcano God" was held; it's around 100 miles (I'd ha…
23 Dec 2008, 20:38
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Everybody: thanks for the great discussion on rereading AEG. I think I've discovered another clue: Gideon is a phenomenal hypnotist. Here's the evidence: Talking with the preside…
15 Dec 2008, 04:04
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Roy C. Lackey <rclackey at stic.net> writes =============== Also at Rusterman's, Reis said: "You were wearing green the first time I saw you." "In the play? I wasn't. That was bro…
14 Dec 2008, 22:46
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In a message dated 6/10/2008 7:43:28 AM Eastern Daylight Time, davetallman at msn.com writes: "I have another possible explanation for the eclipse. The exact dimensions of the …
10 Jun 2008, 13:09
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In a message dated 5/30/2008 8:50:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, davetallman at msn.com writes: This is a great discussion. First, and a very minor point, I think Lissy used the …
30 May 2008, 14:24
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Dave Tallman <davetallman at msn.com> writes These questions gave me an idea. There are a number of mysteries about Weer's secretaries. Why does he call her "Miss Birkhead" when …
28 Apr 2008, 22:41
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In As I have remarked before, I think that Em Lorn came up with these specific Sabbath rules specifically so as to let Olivia obtain the egg, as Olivia did not bring quite eno…
26 Apr 2008, 16:38
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Dan <autarch at vippn.com> wrote Exactly. Lesage seems to know too much for him not to have had inside information from the future. My assumption (and it wasn't my idea) is tha…
13 Mar 2008, 18:41
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Some questions, which I think answer each other. Apologies if this has been discussed before, but I don't remember it. Who killed Valentin? The obvious suspect is Lesage, who see…
10 Mar 2008, 18:36
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Roy C. Lackey <rclackey at stic.net> wrote who The green man is wandering through the corridors of time looking for a situation where Sev is captive so that he can free him. He s…
19 Dec 2007, 05:17
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I think Robert Borski has solved the problem of what happened to the missing night (http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0205/871.txt.shtml). I don't agree with all the rest of his i…
18 Dec 2007, 22:21
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Matthew Malthouse <matthew at calmeilles.co.uk> writes To confuse the geography further, Folia seems to come from the pampas: "My land is the land ... of grass and wind and gallo…
15 Dec 2007, 18:06
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I suspected that this had something to do with the Cthulhu mythos, and indeed Googling shows that August Derleth wrote a story in which the Great One Cthugha can only be summoned…
14 Dec 2007, 17:31
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I have always assumed that "quercine penetralia" could be interpreted as "heart of the (oak) wood," so Vodalus's messanger would be saying "I am from the heart of the wood," whic…
28 Nov 2007, 16:50
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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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James Wynn (Crush) <thewynns at earthlink.net> said But of course there's a whale. On page 125 of Shadow and Claw Severian tells Agia the story of Domnina and Father Inire's mirror…
06 May 2005, 15:43
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Roy C. Lackey writes: Isn't there some dispute about what happened to those who died before Jesus was born? Jesus' own words from the Bible: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, t…
31 Mar 2005, 08:54
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"Roy C. Lackey" <rclackey at stic.net> quotes (with regard to Mag) "... it came to me that if I were to lie upon and then writes I'm really confused here, as well. I do remember t…
28 Feb 2005, 11:51
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Hi Crush, You haven't yet. The Amazon search copy (even the one linked from the hardback edition)…
23 Feb 2005, 15:03
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Crush asks: Roy Lackey says: Crush asks: I say: be careful when you argue with Roy Lackey about points of fact in Wolfe novels. He has, as I've come to realize, the annoying …
22 Feb 2005, 15:20
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In a message dated 1/25/2005 10:14:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, kieran at ou.edu writes: As is the spring Mimir, which I think is mentioned only once. It's where the Valfather too…
26 Jan 2005, 02:02
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Marc <aramini1 at cox.net> writes: Pretty convincing. Especially when combined with the fact that the neighbors said something to the effect (I don't have my copy here ... in fact,…
11 Jan 2005, 12:45
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In a message dated 1/6/2005 12:15:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, aramini1 at cox.net writes: eye Let me say that I really like this idea. Does this make up for my trying to demoli…
06 Jan 2005, 04:12
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In a message dated 1/6/2005 12:39:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, aramini1 at cox.net writes: Watching himself plant the spiny orange was one of those things he did during his missing …
06 Jan 2005, 03:56
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Very nice point. Beel is only a baron, not even a duke. Wouldn't that make it hard for him to claim the throne? How about Smiler? It seems that if he married Gaynor (or Morcain…
03 Jan 2005, 07:54
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I know people who've found it very difficult to get into the New Sun books but really enjoyed the Long Sun books, and I think there's little enough cross-reference between these t…
29 Sep 2004, 14:56
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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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Don says: This question has been bugging me for some time as well. The Green Man promises to set Severian free when he is imprisoned, so we only need to look at times when he is…
21 Jul 2003, 20:52
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I just got around to catching up on the Urth list, and I saw the questions about Seven American Nights. Nobody's answered many of them yet, so here are my answers. Gene Wolfe u…
11 Apr 2003, 16:36
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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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Roy says, about North, I think North was lying. The police dossier says that he was the chief of Iron Boot when he was arrested, and I suspect his arrest was in connection with …
08 Feb 2003, 21:39
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If the goddess can change the color of her hair and eyes at will, why not her age as well? If the previous owner was the goddess, this might explain the kitten. One of the attrib…
22 Jan 2003, 15:05
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Mantis writes: It's interesting that nomos is one of the words that Lovecraft combined to form "necronomicon," the meaning of which Gold discusses in Peace. I discovered a webs…
21 Jan 2003, 13:55
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I wrote: I'm wondering whether it is possible that it really was his first time at the Mental Health Center, and if his name was not originally Green, but that somehow the godd…
13 Jan 2003, 20:56
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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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Andrew Bollen <abollen at internode.on.net> writes <snip> This is a beautiful analysis, and I suspect that some of these views of Wolfe on the Mother Goddess also apply to There are…
03 Jan 2003, 13:24
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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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There's been a question that has, for some time, been circulating among mathematicians (and now I, like Jerry, have revealed my profession). Suppose you could learn the proof of…
18 Dec 2002, 08:44
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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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Mantis writes, speculating Hannah may actually have gone to Boston: But Hannah herself says (p. 10, Orb) "I never in my life been a hundred miles off from that little house, but …
01 Nov 2002, 10:36
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Mantis quotes: That's right. If Weer laid the stone down flat (like a porch step) only he would know it marked Lois's grave. Suppose he kills her (most likely, the gun went of…
01 Nov 2002, 01:14
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Roy asks Maybe Wolfe has answered this. Quoting from Peace: "... Den, I want you to help me find it." About an hour later we loaded Lois's pick and shovel into the trunk…
31 Oct 2002, 12:45
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Mantis writes, about the hole Weer dug with Lois (at the end of the Gold Hunt): If I remember correctly, this section is next to to the Bell Witch section, with the porch step "…
30 Oct 2002, 18:20
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