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But if you understood it all, Gene Wolfe would have to kill you. (And if he didn't, then one of us would.) <G> William (the ignorant eclectic) Ansley…
25 Jul 2000, 23:17
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Please post!…
22 Jul 2000, 23:04
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I ordered my copy from Amazon.com on June 4 and just got an email that it is arriving tomorrow. What serendipity! I am on vacation right now. I'll be able to read it and then fi…
18 Jul 2000, 23:03
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Well, I guess that serves me right for bragging about how carefully I re-read LB. But I did read it carefully, it's just that my memory is shot. Even though the fact that Smoky'…
27 Jun 2000, 22:35
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I re-read the whole book recently and rather carefully and so feel fairly confident when I state that this is the only part of the book where the origin of the nickname "Smoky" i…
26 Jun 2000, 22:24
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Kudos, Allen! I re-read _Little, Big_ recently and quite carefully too, I might add, but I missed this completely. An excellent catch. And it nicely explains why Crowley reveals…
26 Jun 2000, 22:05
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I have no desire to see your review (or any) before I read the book, but, as long as you clearly mark it in the subject header I can skip it and save it for later, so post away. …
11 Jun 2000, 22:14
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I have finally finished re-reading LB, much more slowly and carefully than the last time(s) I read it. I even took notes, but I can't say I feel like I have achieved a much great…
08 Jun 2000, 00:29
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Good, I will be interested to hear what you have to say. This is one of my favorite Wolfe anthologies, in part because it contains "The Eyeflash Miracles," about which I wrote a …
17 Apr 2000, 00:36
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Christy, It's interesting that you should write this. I was just thinking along the same lines. I didn't enjoy _Strange Travelers_ nearly as much as Wolfe's earlier collections. I…
29 Mar 2000, 00:09
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Now that I think about it, that is rather horrible. If I'm already dead then I don't have anything to look forward to! William Ansley…
10 Feb 2000, 23:50
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[...] This supports my opinion that Emery's claim that he killed the coyote is completely absurd, for at least two reasons. 1. Coyotes have become, in most places, quite adept at…
06 Feb 2000, 23:56
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[...] [...] [...] [...] I have to agree with the last review that Jeremy W. Crampton was kind enough to provide for us. My feeling on reaching the end of "Ain't You 'Most Done"…
06 Feb 2000, 23:32
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I have fairly recently (re)read the first 14 Oz books (as all regular long-term readers of this list know only too well) and I have read FLF at least three times although not very …
26 Jan 2000, 23:32
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Very interesting! And what could this substance be? Hmmm.... let me see. Why inhumi flesh, of course, preferably raw, although cooked might work. Humans eat inhumi, develop anti-in…
20 Jan 2000, 23:21
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I agree. In fact I posted a message along much the same lines last November. Although the message is long, I am going to quote almost all of it, because it contains most of the pas…
18 Jan 2000, 23:17
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My guess is that it is a "tossaway." I think this story is Wolfe's idea of a joke, more than anything else, although it is certainly a ghost story. Since this is a Gene Wolfe story…
17 Jan 2000, 01:24
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mantis, Surely you can't believe that the fact that the "enchanted" sword in _The God and His Man_ is referred to as "Master" instead of "Maser" the first two times it is mentione…
16 Dec 1999, 23:54
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Neither. A FAQ is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers. It is a device invented to prevent people from posting the same question over and over in a newsgroup (at …
12 Dec 1999, 18:41
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The story so far. Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe at apocalypse.org> bravely volunteers to produce a TBotNS FAQ. JMCAzurin <mikah at brewsoft.com> suggests: How about a dozen or so versions of t…
06 Dec 1999, 22:29
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Exactly so! I have never been able to understand how anyone could complain that there is no religion in _The Lord of the Rings_ when it is obvious that there is no need for religio…
24 Nov 1999, 00:25
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Mikah, Yes, it is searchable, and yes the search form can't be found from www.moonmilk.com/urth/. You have to go to the new (and still under construction) home of the Urth and Who…
22 Nov 1999, 00:38
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Aha! Another Wodehouse fan (or, at least, reader). What other "Bertie Wooster Universe" (or we may need to widen it to the whole "P. G. Wodehouse Universe") to "New Sun Universe" …
21 Nov 1999, 00:44
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I have to admit that when I read the fish story, I thought: telekinesis. Then when Horn thought someone else was responsible, I remembered: Oh, yeah. Mucor doesn't telekines (say t…
11 Nov 1999, 23:30
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Not necessarily. Among the items that Dave Lebling found (his list of evidence for Krait's secret) is this: This implies that before the inhumi acquired (more or less) human intel…
09 Nov 1999, 00:06
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Poor Gene Wolfe! He can't make any mistakes at all. If he does he is either accused of being sloppy or strange theories start to blossom in the minds of members of this group. (Of …
08 Nov 1999, 22:58
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Interesting is hardly the word for Clute's speculation, quoted above. It don't make no sense! I think it is pretty clear that Horn has visited and returned from The Whorl already b…
03 Nov 1999, 00:19
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This irresistibly conjures up (to my mind at least) an alternative version of _The Wizard of Oz_ (perhaps it is one of the stories in the Brown Book we don't get to see) where Doro…
02 Nov 1999, 00:22
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Hi, Frank. I don't know from modernism and while I have found this discussion (mostly) interesting so far I have been content to let it wash over me without participating. But I, …
28 Oct 1999, 00:24
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Daniel, Credit where credit is due. Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu> aka Rostrum wrote the paragraph you are attributing to me. I haven't dared reply to you myself. You …
26 Oct 1999, 00:09
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Why should Severian tell us any of the things listed above? Because any normal, reasonable person knows that those are the very things that the reader of a tale wants to know! It …
23 Oct 1999, 01:59
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alga, This can't be coincidence! In the animated tv series _The Tick_, in an episode entitled "Heroes," a supervillian calling himself the Deadly Bulb appeared. He was originally…
20 Oct 1999, 23:48
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I have just finished OBW. I really appreciate the fact that all of the discussion of this book was restricted to the Whorl list. I have been archiving it, while continuing to read …
18 Oct 1999, 01:08
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Wonderful. I always welcome _Peace_ news on this list. Is there any other tie in between _Peace_ and _Barchester Towers_? I will be very interested to see your evidence whenever y…
16 Aug 1999, 22:58
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Roy, I, too, was very impressed with your essay on the language of flowers and its application in the analysis of _The Book of the New Sun_. And I thank you for your appreciation …
22 Jul 1999, 21:45
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You can call me William, Clifford. Although I put a lot of effort (probably far more than is evident from the haphazard result) into my Ozflash posts, I was doing the easy part co…
23 Jun 1999, 00:15
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Woo, hoo, hoo! I nearly fell out of my chair laughing after reading this. I will propose: The little red-haired girl: Dorcas Shirley*: Jolenta Rerun**: Miles Marcie***: Agius Sch…
22 Jun 1999, 23:26
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Yes, there was. You can find it at: http://www.urth.net/urth/search/ (All Hail Ranjit!) <The sound of loud, diabolical laughter> Come into my parlor... Cliff. I, in the not too d…
15 Jun 1999, 01:53
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Patrick, Thank you for sharing this report from the front with us. Reading about your dinner with Wolfe, brought home to me the fact that he is a real human being. I mean, sure, …
10 Jun 1999, 23:20
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Ranjit, This is wonderful. Thank you. It is all too easy for me to forget that someone is doing a great deal of work and spending a great deal of time to make the Urth and Whorl …
23 May 1999, 13:52
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I won't comment on any of the suggestions above; I don't know anyone well enough to know who's going to be pleased or disgruntled. Now who could I be? Hmmmm... Hethor. Babbling fo…
08 May 1999, 23:37
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There has been a good deal of discussion about this thread and whether is it has any critical purpose or perhaps any purpose at all. I don't care about that. (Although I feel an a…
02 May 1999, 15:25
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Because I have more or less posed as an Oz expert on this list, I'll take a crack at this (especially since it seems likely to have been intended as a rhetorical question--I really…
02 May 1999, 00:20
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I have to side emphatically with Tony Ellis here. I think his aguments so far have been more than sufficient to show that the (pre-crash) Jonas was not a hollow "powered armor/spac…
28 Apr 1999, 23:42
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This may not be reliable evidence of the letter shapes at all. Since Wolfe "translated" TBotNS from a strange future tongue he probably had to make an adjustment in this passage. F…
01 Apr 1999, 00:03
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I have seen this book referred to before, perhaps on this list, and was intrigued by the idea. This recent mention, coupled with my recent re-reading of several Oz books prompted m…
24 Mar 1999, 15:44
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Tony Ellis <tony.ellis at futurenet.co.uk> said: And in response Peter Westlake <peter at harlequin.co.uk> said: Boy, oh boy, do I feel stupid! I have read "Kevin Malone" again, twice…
01 Mar 1999, 00:02
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Alex David Groce, Thank you. I think this is the single most insightful comment I've ever read about _Peace_, which is my favorite work by Wolfe. As soon as I get a chance I'm goi…
28 Feb 1999, 23:51
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Quite so. And you do recall correctly; I will be getting to the Gaderine Computer scene eventually. There is a *lot* of Christic imagery in "The Eyeflash Miracles," as I note in m…
18 Feb 1999, 23:03
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I mostly agree. That is why I used the word "supposed" above, but it would have been more accurate if I had said: "Since the narrator supposes himself to be older that David..." Ho…
17 Feb 1999, 00:17
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