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Even though it won't satisfy anyone who primarily reads Wolfe for the complexity and obscurity of his books, I still recommend _Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell_ by Susanna Clark…
04 Oct 2004, 21:12
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I have to endorse reading _Castle of Days_ (CAD), although I would read the entire Book of the New Sun (BOTNS) (_Shadow of the Torturer_, _Claw of the Conciliator_, Sword of the …
04 Oct 2004, 20:34
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I strongly believe that the best way to read any series of books is by publication date. That way, you can best see the workings of the author's mind and the ways the various cha…
29 Sep 2004, 12:08
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No offence was taken, by me at any rate. You seemed to me to be bragging enough about your knowledge of physics that the "Humble" in "In My Humble Opinion" seemed a tad ironic, …
19 Aug 2003, 13:29
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This is a completely off-topic post, but I know that some people reading this list are H. P. Lovecraft fans, or, at least, readers. Well, now is your chance to own what every tru…
19 Aug 2003, 03:22
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Michael Buice, I'm with alga on this one. IMO the seams really show where Wolfe tried to sew the New and Long/Short Suns together. And I'm not really sure what the fact that Gen…
19 Aug 2003, 03:10
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Ah, double dactyls. As I recall I first came across this verse form in an Isaac Asimov essay. You have inspired me Dan'l. Here is my own modest effort. Clickety-Clackety Writer …
07 Aug 2003, 18:36
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Don, I don't remember. However, with Wolfe, especially on this discussion list, there may be easy questions, but there are no easy answers. <G>…
07 Aug 2003, 15:52
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Well we've had an unpleasantness on this list and once again I am extremely impressed by the enormous self-restraint and impeccable good manners of the vast majority of members o…
29 Jul 2003, 04:58
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I have no idea what you think a reasonable price might be. If you want a physical edition of the book, then you might try Bookfinder. I looked up Crowley on Bookfinder recently a…
28 Jul 2003, 16:51
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"Sam Keyes" <skeyes at richmond.edu> wrote (in part): Replying to Tyreal <akean989 at yahoo.com> who wrote I am a strong proponent of reading books in the order they were published, n…
06 Jun 2003, 17:21
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Even though it was as recently as April 21 that Alice Turner mentioned the new book on Crowley: _Snake's-Hands: The Fiction of John Crowley_ Edited by Alice K. Turner & Michael A…
07 May 2003, 17:29
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How interesting. LB and WT are linked in my mind as well, probably for the same reasons. I don't know if I will ever read anything else by Helprin, but I would definitely recomme…
13 Apr 2003, 16:55
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[I am posting this for Dan'l. -William Ansley] Still unable to post to the list. Grrrr. That may well be part of it, but he might have known about it for other reasons -- we know…
10 Apr 2003, 16:36
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Both are real plays: "Mary Rose" by J. M. Barrie (1920) and "Visit to a Small Planet" by Gore Vidal (1957). I had to read "Planet" in High School, so I knew it was a real play an…
09 Apr 2003, 19:19
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Oh happy day! Finally, someone is arguing with my conclusions! If I am to buy your argument, I have to believe that Horn doesn't know the difference between flippers and legs. Ma…
10 Jan 2003, 04:08
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My recommendation is that you read Jack Vance first. Wolfe is wonderful, of course, but it is nice to branch out once in a while. <g> Also, if you like Vance's _Dying Earth_, you…
20 Dec 2002, 20:14
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It sounds like you were enlightened, Marc, unless it was just a brain embolism. <g>…
17 Dec 2002, 06:28
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It is rather late to respond to your message, mantis, but here goes anyway. As I have said many times before, I have always found the Oz parallels in FLF to be rather superficial…
15 Dec 2002, 06:49
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First, welcome. I certainly do not speak in any official capacity for the list, but there is no requirement to use a "Vironesque" nickname unless you want to; I have never used …
11 Dec 2002, 02:54
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Crush, Thank you for the complete URL. It may just be my Macintosh email client (Eudora 5.1) that has a problem when you leave off the http://, so I may be the only one with a p…
26 Nov 2002, 04:43
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The correct URL is: http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Floor/7845/BRIANSANNEX/mountararat.html (This URL also points to the same page: http://www.geocities.com/brianshouse/BRIA…
25 Nov 2002, 03:06
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Don, I don't agree that Horn mistook three rows of teeth for three jaws. Horn says that the jaws clashed shut like "the slamming of double doors." [p. 61 of the hardcover editio…
18 Nov 2002, 20:04
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Ah, but I am! Thanks for posting this. Yes, indeed. I am sure that John Crowley used the idea of crows saying "tomorrow" in _Little, Big_. I don't have the book here to check but…
13 Nov 2002, 22:33
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It should be. _Peace_ is still my favorite of Wolfe's books and I have read it many times. Interesting. I'm going to quote the whole passage. ---------------------- [T]he orange…
30 Oct 2002, 04:46
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The Orb paperback edition also reads "underweight." If this version is correct, then Weer is always skinny, which would seem to throw at least a small monkey wrench into your ti…
30 Oct 2002, 04:18
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Finally, a question that falls into my area of expertise (such as it is), Lewis Carroll! In the passage from _Peace_ you mention above, Weer is thinking about nonexistant races …
24 Oct 2002, 17:26
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Roy, I'm glad to hear you say that "there are some puzzles I can't seem to work out" regarding BotLS. I couldn't work out practically all of them. I haven't read the books in q…
24 Sep 2002, 03:17
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One-one-two yes, two-two-four no! What a rush to be reminded of Cordwainer Smith and Stanley G. Weinbaum all in the space of a few messages. Both of these authors had a much gre…
10 Sep 2002, 03:59
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I don't know, Wolfe seems awfully familiar with the corridors of time.…
07 Sep 2002, 05:04
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Hello, Crush. I *finally* caught up with all the messages generated in response to your quite interesting ideas and I have a comment to make. But first I must warn you that, if …
07 Sep 2002, 05:01
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Is "And if not, was he even aware of the lacuna when he wrote?" your 'question number 3' or have your supplied us with a lacuna of your own? <G> William Ansley…
27 Aug 2002, 19:32
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[snip] I quite agree with you here, mantis. I see another problem here. Grimm's fairy tales and the Arabian Nights actually exist in the real world, so we can read them and see t…
21 Aug 2002, 17:41
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I, for one, don't agree with the "Horn in Babbie" theory. And my sense is that there is no real consensus on most of the issues in the Short Sun books. Just look at the range of …
13 Jul 2002, 01:14
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So far I'm with you, yes. Now you've lost me. Who are the referees/umpires? And why Silk-*23*? I don't mean to be irritating, but I could use some clarification.…
13 Jul 2002, 01:08
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I'm sorry that I irritated you, Michael, but I'm not sure how. Is is just that I don't like the Short Suns books or that I say so or that I am incapable of clearly articulating w…
28 May 2002, 15:10
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I agree with Allan. I didn't care for the Short Sun books and I still don't. Andy Robertson, in his passage above, suggests I have not put enough effort into reading the books. T…
26 May 2002, 04:45
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Adam, Thank you very much for solving the magic bean mystery. You have the thanks of a grateful discussion group. As far as Wolfe having read Baum's Oz books as well as Ruth Plum…
19 Apr 2002, 16:05
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I posted the same passage on March 19, which I quoted from pages 11 to 12 of the Timescape (Pocket Science Fantasy, how appropriate) paperback. I tried hard to insure my version …
29 Mar 2002, 20:59
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When I wrote my original reply to this message, it became quite long and I decided to send it just to Marc Aramini. But I also want to address this matter here as well. This is a s…
21 Mar 2002, 19:20
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Marc, Your recollection is a wee bit faulty. Here is the quote: ----------------------------------------------- Two thoughts (that were nearly dreams) obsessed me and made them […
19 Mar 2002, 05:02
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I am glad someone else mentioned this passage from the interview. I found it to be a rather petulant and unnecessary outburst and quite unfair to all of us who are just trying to…
02 Mar 2002, 06:39
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My apologies. I didn't mean to imply that you didn't know what the word meant, although I can see now, re-reading what I wrote, that it must have come across that way. I was mere…
02 Mar 2002, 06:14
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[...] Frank Black certainly may be a Gene Wolfe fan, but even if he has never read Wolfe, his use of "pelagic" could hardly be considered random. The song you quote (I have omitte…
01 Mar 2002, 22:30
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Thank you Dennis/Endy for posting the link to the Gene Wolfe interview. I just finished it and I would just like to know one thing: Does anyone want to start a pool on how many v…
22 Feb 2002, 05:11
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Marc, Yes, you have expressed your theories before and at considerable length. You are certainly positive enough about them, but I am not buying any of it at the moment. I defin…
22 Feb 2002, 04:30
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Spectacled Bear was kind enough to write: I should have made it very clear that I make no claim to have come up with the division of focus of the two discussion lists I describe a…
10 Dec 2001, 19:32
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Spectacled Bear was kind enough to write: I should have made it very clear that I make no claim to have come up with the division of focus of the two discussion lists I describe a…
10 Dec 2001, 19:32
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I have a request to make. Could everyone who has a comment to make about whether to have one or two Wolfe discussion lists and what they should be called please post to the Urth …
10 Dec 2001, 19:12
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I have a request to make. Could everyone who has a comment to make about whether to have one or two Wolfe discussion lists and what they should be called please post to the Urth …
10 Dec 2001, 19:12
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