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Severian watches the fight between Vodalus and the volunteers over the shoulder of a "chalcedony angel." Chalcedony is typically a lustrous white quartz. Vodalus lives and two vo…
07 Sep 2006, 12:37
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Andre, Didn't you write an essay, "The Death of Catherine the Weal"? Does this bear on Clute's theory about Severian's mother? Would you care to post your essay? Wes Parsons…
21 Jan 1998, 10:52
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I'd like to apologize for inadvertently spamming the list last Thursday with multiple replies. My autoreply function went into a loop with the listserver for about 12 hours. Ranj…
30 Jun 1997, 09:30
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My question and Wolfe's answer were: <<14. "Is there a member (current, former, or future) of the Order of Seekers for Truth and Penitence on the Whorl?" I'm going to interpret t…
16 Jun 1997, 09:51
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I was watching a documentary on the Tango (the dance) last night, and it was mentioned that the Tango originated in the Orilla, a slum in Buenos Aires. Orilla means shore or bank …
28 May 1997, 11:07
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I e-mailed the person in charge of the Wolfe chat (Patrizia DuLucchio at pdil at pathfinder.com), and asked about a transcript, and she told me it would be posted early next week at h…
23 May 1997, 14:20
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I've been reading the posts every day, but have only contributed a few thoughts myself. I do have a question for Mr. Wolfe. It's oblique and may be inapposite. But, for what it'…
16 May 1997, 08:22
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I understand from some of the same sources that mattak means "dried whale flesh" in Inuit. (I assume in a particular Inuit dialect--there's more than one.) Oosik and Mattak, like…
20 Mar 1997, 18:18
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On the zoological front I'm still looking for Oosik and Mattak, though. And Mamelta, presumably botanical, is still a puzzler. vizcacha,<< You may already know this, but "Oosik"…
19 Mar 1997, 16:32
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