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As we all know, whenever anyone asks Gene Wolfe what films he's seen recently, the answer is invariably the Cohen brothers' "Fargo". I've now discovered compelling evidence to sugg…
22 May 1998, 16:18
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21/05/98 08:54 RE>VRT=3D??? Robert Borski: R =3D Roy Ingenious! My only reservation is that, as you say, "Rm…
21 May 1998, 08:39
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14/05/98 18:00 RE>Digest urth.v011.n004 Oooooh, you're so cruel <g>. Seriously though, I've always seen Sev …
14 May 1998, 17:08
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13/05/98 14:15 Casting Couch Ok, here's my (slightly Eurocentric) two pen'th: Severian : Jeremy Irons (tall…
13 May 1998, 14:58
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12/05/98 11:07 Meanwhile, back at the gate Wrong. This _is_ standard operating procedure, as Gene Wolfe is c…
12 May 1998, 14:09
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07/05/98 17:27 RE>Pennington covers I wish. Sadly by the time Urth came out here it was with a non- Penningt…
07 May 1998, 17:08
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06/05/98 17:37 Bruce Pennington Covers Uploaded For Dan Parmenter, and anyone else who hasn't seen them, I'v…
06 May 1998, 16:53
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06/05/98 09:40 Bruce Pennington covers Whenever I read praise for the Maitz covers I feel this evangelical …
06 May 1998, 08:57
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05/05/98 10:15 End of Book One No monsters. The disturbance is caused by five armed soldiers on destriers. T…
05 May 1998, 09:25
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01/05/98 09:51 RE>Hello, and a rehash of kimleesoong Cataclysm? What cataclysm? :-) One of the many many thi…
01 May 1998, 14:12
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20/04/98 13:02 Finn M'Cool and his Cat <snip> I've pondered this too, and my best guess is that the story i…
20 Apr 1998, 12:03
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15/04/98 16:28 Peace of Cat Well, the story is about something outliving its time, that's the point made in …
15 Apr 1998, 15:31
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09/04/98 09:13 Fifth Head debate, & Severian's Mercy Well, my best shot would be the Phaedria in Spencer's T…
09 Apr 1998, 15:23
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08/04/98 09:52 RE>5th Head Genealogies Redux I'm glad you've taken my arguments in the friendly spirit which…
08 Apr 1998, 16:05
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06/04/98 13:54 The "Number Five =3D Five Generations" Theory Some interesting ideas on "Number Five" equatin…
06 Apr 1998, 16:01
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03/04/98 10:12 RE>Digest urth.v009.n002 Absolutely, yes. I was offering that quote because it related to the…
03 Apr 1998, 10:50
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02/04/98 11:01 RE>Digest urth.v009.n001 Doh! Doh! I'm so stupid. Thank you Robert. Thank you Damien. I thin…
02 Apr 1998, 10:05
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01/04/98 13:00 RE>name of a name The heartiest of hearty congratulations, Damien! I'll start looking out for…
01 Apr 1998, 13:13
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30/03/98 16:59 RE>Explication of a few small points I thought of this too... but decided no. Our radiation s…
30 Mar 1998, 15:28
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24/03/98 15:23 RE>Jonas & Hethor & Thecla Yes. Jonas is a sailor, so it would be natural for him to regard a…
24 Mar 1998, 15:21
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24/03/98 11:31 More on Jonas The passage in Conciliator (Chapter X) where Jonas apparently tells Severian so…
24 Mar 1998, 11:52
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18/03/98 14:13 RE>re>Jonas and Hethor Interesting use of the word "fortunate"! Surely Political Correctnes…
20 Mar 1998, 14:09
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18/03/98 14:13 RE>Jonas and Hethor Right. When I sent this on the 18th it apparently vanished into the ether…
20 Mar 1998, 08:58
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17/03/98 14:20 Jonas and Hethor as Koreans etc It seems far from likely to me that either Jonas or Hethor ar…
17 Mar 1998, 16:03
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12/03/98 11:44 Severian & Christ, Wolfe & Yeats There -are- parallels between this scene and Christ before P…
12 Mar 1998, 15:10
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04/03/98 14:19 RE>Detective of Dreams Sorry, it's been too long since I read this story to remember the par…
04 Mar 1998, 13:28
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03/03/98 09:24 RE>Digest urth.v007.n015 "MBS" wrote The dreams are all Christ's parables, re-told. Yup, an…
03 Mar 1998, 08:46
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18/02/98 10:02 RE>3 Tiered Universes Mantis, I envy you your clear vision of the relationship in time and sp…
18 Feb 1998, 11:58
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16/02/98 09:37 RE>Re: (urth) Black Sun, White Fountain I love the economy of this theory, but... We are told…
16 Feb 1998, 16:02
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10/02/98 09:17 Beanz Meanz Erebuz CRCulver (on the Black Beans): Nice idea, but see below: Evidently a spa…
10 Feb 1998, 08:45
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09/02/98 14:45 Genetics & Spatial Dyslexia Re South America I find such a dramatically changed S. America ha…
09 Feb 1998, 13:54
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03/02/98 09:36 Apology I think I just included half of the last digest with my latest e-mail. Apologies to e…
04 Feb 1998, 14:34
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03/02/98 09:36 Of lost books and millenia <g> The point I was really trying to make is that you don't ask fo…
04 Feb 1998, 09:58
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31/01/98 12:21 RE>Digest urth.v006.n023 Yes. In one of the essays in Castle of the Otter Wolfe argues that t…
31 Jan 1998, 12:40
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29/01/98 09:37 RE>Fate, undines and Autarchs CRCulver (et al): Don't forget that TBOTNS is set in a univers…
29 Jan 1998, 10:13
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03/12/97 14:17 RE>Divine Weak Apologies to everyone for those <equals>3D" pustules which littered my last me…
03 Dec 1997, 14:10
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02/12/97 11:41 RE>Divine Week Blimey, so it is! Even down to the sabre-tooth moggy. Most observant of you. …
02 Dec 1997, 10:55
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25/11/97 09:46 Yet more playfulness Hmmm. I can see your point that at the end of Urth of the New Sun the de…
25 Nov 1997, 10:17
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24/11/97 09:13 RE>Dr Talos's Play Paul C Duggan wrote (re raising sons from stones): Actually, that makes j…
24 Nov 1997, 08:26
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20/11/97 15:28 RE>(urth) Re: Dr. Talos' Play Nice idea, but I don't see anything in the books to support suc…
20 Nov 1997, 15:19
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19/11/97 09:09 RE>Dr. Talos' Play No, so let's start one! I'm not sure that we're supposed to look for any …
19 Nov 1997, 09:22
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31/10/97 10:16 Cerberus (was "The Quiet Urth") <snip> Hmmm... I have to nitpick here: I would…
31 Oct 1997, 11:01
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Me me me! Why? No offence intended to anyone, but I think that there is sometimes far too much Christian symbol-spotting in discussions of Wolfe's work. Sometimes a character is j…
23 Oct 1997, 17:13
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RE>FREE LIVE FREE 26/09/97 I've just discovered this list, which looks like a lot of fun. Half my Wolfe books are at my old address, however, so apologi…
26 Sep 1997, 15:31
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