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Dunno if it helps, or is relevent, but love apples are also another name for mandrake, intimating its use as an aphrodisiac and in love charms. The fruit of a mandrake is supposed …
22 Aug 2003, 13:05
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I rarely poke my head out, but have to agree with Blattid, that Wolfe does indeed use puzzles and other 'tricks' to illustrate this deeply held conviction of the Truth of the Text.…
26 Apr 2003, 16:01
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I, Razorkittee, will tell you what The Man said. Take it for what it is worth. In the book, The Castle of the Otter, by Gene Wolfe, on page 28, for Chapter II, he says: "Matachin…
03 Mar 2003, 04:42
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Absolutely Josh! from Latin, fuliginosus, full of soot. T. http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_747664.html?menu= urth-request at urth.net…
07 Feb 2003, 19:59
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Hang on True Believers, Make mine Marvel!! Your intrepid razorkittee Tami urth-request at urth.net…
01 Feb 2003, 05:53
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As I said before, after reading Doors, I just sat and scratched my head for several days. It took 3 Star Trek novellas to purge my grey matter and bring me back to sense of normalc…
01 Feb 2003, 05:50
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Dear Nutria, I bow to your learned opinions regarding the Old and New Testament (and I share your interest in gematria, btw, p'raps we can discuss such things another time and pl…
28 Jan 2003, 20:42
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Thanks Nutria. In re-reading the Book of Jonah, however, I am still of the mind that Jonah just had a bad attitude, and wasn't so much concerned with the prophecy of Deuteronomy. I…
28 Jan 2003, 18:03
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Yes, Josh, I got that, and I agree, it is a strong deterent. I merely point out the other reasons as well. I merely point out that there is more than one reason to rebell, as it we…
27 Jan 2003, 21:27
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Hi Josh, Jonah pleaded ill health, but God saw through his flimsy excuse.(God would have healed his illness, had that really been the case). Re-read the book of Jonah...his hate a…
27 Jan 2003, 18:51
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Hi Michael, Below are a couple of sites you may want to check out. The first is Perseus, which contains many of the Classical Texts in entirity, both in English and Greek, and rel…
27 Jan 2003, 18:42
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Just a small aside, and perhaps not even relevant (I shouldn't even be reading these spoilers, since I have only now started with the Long Sun set...) But the theological twist on…
27 Jan 2003, 18:29
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Mr. Marc, I am delurking, it seems you are in some distress... I have only just started with the Long Sun, so am only guessing, but could this have to do with the green man in Tor…
17 Dec 2002, 17:57
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