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I think we should have one list, or two. <g> I think the Urth and Whorl lists should be combined into a single list, but I would like to see a second list for discussion of autho…
10 Dec 2001, 04:36
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I just wanted to post a heads-up for all the Nero Wolfe fans on this list. If you have access to the Arts and Entertainment (A&E) cable TV channel, you might want to watch tonigh…
14 Oct 2001, 10:40
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I just wanted to post a heads-up for all the Nero Wolfe fans on this list. If you have access to the Arts and Entertainment (A&E) cable TV channel, you might want to watch tonigh…
14 Oct 2001, 10:40
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I pretty much agree with the above, except that I would include _Counterfeit for Murder_ in the best category. I wouldn't say the notion of reading a series of books in order of …
17 Aug 2001, 00:28
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I could address some of your other comments in your reply to me and I may do so later, but I feel I have to address your implication that either I or Ray Bradbury believe that mi…
08 Aug 2001, 22:50
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This is interesting. When I read the above title, I said to myself, "No, that's not it. It's 'The Sound of Distant Thunder'." But I thought I had better confirm the title before …
06 Aug 2001, 00:51
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My, we are an argumentative bunch, aren't we? (Myself included.) Actually I knew that _Titus Alone_ was unfinished and that Peake intended to have Titus return to Gormenghast eve…
30 Jun 2001, 00:53
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I did enjoy the Gormenghast books immensely. Well, the first two, but I even enjoyed _Titus Alone_, just not as much. (That ending!) For all the rest of you who did enjoy the Gor…
28 Jun 2001, 23:23
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Warning! I have a spoiler for a Ray Bradbury short story at the end of this message. ... Even though Joshua provided us all with a wonderfully apropos link to a discussion of t…
25 Jun 2001, 23:13
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You know, it did occur to me that such a reply might greet my message and I agree with it. I should have said "... I have for, the most part, kept my distance from any 'fannish' …
20 Jun 2001, 23:41
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For all of those who were as puzzled as I at this reference to Mary Sue, here is a useful definition: <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9537/marysue.txt> If this link doesn't work …
19 Jun 2001, 22:59
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... Was there ever a actually a book entitled _The Book of Gold_ in one of Wolfe's works? I though it was just a name for whatever book a reader found at an early age that becam…
13 Jun 2001, 23:11
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No need to apologize. If you don't ask you can't learn. (However, if you do ask and I answer, you risk an overdose of pedantry.) I was originally going to send a private reply to…
10 Jun 2001, 23:09
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I enthusiastically second this.…
18 May 2001, 22:07
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First of all this message should really be in the Urth list. I am cross posting it in the hope that anyone who replies will just reply to Urth. ---------------------------------…
05 May 2001, 23:40
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First of all this message should really be in the Urth list. I am cross posting it in the hope that anyone who replies will just reply to Urth. ---------------------------------…
05 May 2001, 23:40
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[I am replying to this message on the Urth list because it really belongs here, even though it was originally posted on the Whorl list.] I wouldn't go so far as to say I hated th…
03 May 2001, 23:01
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alga, Hester was my favorite, too. I also thought the armored bears and the witches were very well done. I'm glad you are enjoying the books. I hope your enjoyment continues th…
26 Apr 2001, 23:09
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Yup, I was wrong. I wrote too quickly based on already-fading memories (my poor, poor brain) which turned out to be even less reliable than usual. I felt I should warn people on…
26 Apr 2001, 22:36
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I don't think that "dumb" inhumi would preferentially target humans as their host. As I read the text, it was just an accident that the inhumi first fed upon the Neighbors and be…
25 Apr 2001, 22:31
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And this is a good thing? <G> I swore to myself that I was not going to contribute any more to this conversation. But your theory is too good to pass up, Adam. Interesting. This…
23 Apr 2001, 23:51
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Thank you, John! This is so much better put than my messages. That's exactly how I felt; the last book collapsed into nonsense and he broke his own rules. I wish I hadn't broug…
23 Apr 2001, 23:10
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Nick, I really don't see how using astral travel to wipe out the inhumi at their breeding pools can work. 1) Can we be absolutely sure that the astral journeys are to real plac…
22 Apr 2001, 17:06
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I have seen this idea that there are strong parallels to _The Wonderful Wizard of Oz_ (aka _The Wizard of Oz_ in later printings) in _Free Live Free_ batted around in this list o…
20 Apr 2001, 01:11
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I have been thinking about the godlings for a while, but I can't say I have really gotten anywhere. The large one that Horn|Silk encounters is described as having bestial pointed…
20 Apr 2001, 00:27
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I am one of those who complained about the "impossible" size of the godlings as not being "science fictional." You know what? You are right. This was a silly objection on my part…
18 Apr 2001, 23:30
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Very good, Matthew. You have provided a reply which nicely balances my message. Certainly don't let me discourage anyone from reading the books and making up their own minds abou…
18 Apr 2001, 22:52
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I have read them. First, let me say that I like children's books. (Probably because I have a childish personality, err... I mean childlike sense of wonder.) I am also a big fan o…
18 Apr 2001, 12:33
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I have always been puzzled by this passage. If the guy Horn asked to watch his boat was involved with the robbery, then *Why* did he stick around? In fact, if he wasn't involved …
17 Apr 2001, 00:28
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At last, a perfect opportunity! The answer to your question is yes and no. There is a Crowley discussion group* on line, but there hasn't been much discussion for quite a while.…
16 Apr 2001, 23:55
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At last, a perfect opportunity! The answer to your question is yes and no. There is a Crowley discussion group* on line, but there hasn't been much discussion for quite a while.…
16 Apr 2001, 23:55
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I don't mean to be overly fussy, but could people please double check the date their computers are set to before they post to this list? I keep my email sorted by date. If a new …
16 Apr 2001, 23:11
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I have just finished listening to a series of taped lectures called _The Life and Writings of Geoffrey Chaucer_*. Somewhere in this series, the lecturer talks about how Chaucer i…
14 Apr 2001, 00:35
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I don't think you are going to get much help from this memory, which is inexact, if I have found the passage you are thinking of. I believe the passage you refer to is the one on…
10 Apr 2001, 23:59
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I'm not alga, but but I have a similar feeling of disappointment with RttW and I want to address this question too. I think the best way for me to sum up why I didn't like RttW i…
08 Apr 2001, 00:57
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I thought I would take the liberty of assembling the appropriate portions of the relevant posts. ... Apparently the the astral projection of Hornsilk was. Well, well. Congratul…
29 Mar 2001, 23:00
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It is an easy mistake to make in the SS books. I felt that Horn or Horn/Silk or Silk or whatever you want to call him bore a very close resemblance to the Heinleinian omnicompete…
28 Mar 2001, 23:26
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Although the "spider hypothesis" is tempting as a reason for the octopedalian nature of Bluvian life, here is another possible source. The passage below is from a book that Gene …
26 Mar 2001, 23:05
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I know it was a long time ago, but there was a fairly long discussion of whether Wolfe could be considered a modernist or post-modernist here. I had nothing to say on the subject…
22 Mar 2001, 23:06
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Just now, as I was purchasing a book from Amazon.com, I was presented with the usual "Customers who bought the items in your shopping cart also bought:" list and on it was the en…
22 Mar 2001, 11:14
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I didn't chime in during the "who's a catholic" discussion. I'm not one, but my tastes in reading are. I know there are some other people on this list who like reading comic boo…
15 Mar 2001, 23:08
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Here is the passage, courtesy of Adam Stephanides, quoted from the Urth archives: It is on p. 247 of the Orb paperback edition, very near the end of the book. Here is some of wh…
15 Mar 2001, 22:27
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It's a joke! As you quoted in an earlier message: Babbie has more than two eyes, that's plain. It is consistent with the "doubling" of other parts of Bluvian creatures (thanks B…
13 Mar 2001, 23:49
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So, we're too darn smart for our own good, are we? Maybe. But, I think the very smart, scholarly and fertile brain of Gene Wolfe is as much responsible for the lack of straightfo…
28 Feb 2001, 00:38
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Wow, Robert! This is most impressive. Wolfe mentioned godlings in OBW and I had totally forgotten it until you mentioned it. Could you give the page number for this passage, plea…
22 Feb 2001, 00:09
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mantis, You know, when I first read this I thought, "How facile! This doesn't help us to understand anything." (Well, what I originally thought was more like, "Hah!" But this tr…
20 Feb 2001, 23:26
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Adam, I think you are exactly right. I was confusing complexity/obscurity of plot with 'multiplexity'/obscurity of layers of meaning. I hope that if I do re-read the LS and SS …
20 Feb 2001, 22:59
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I think you bring up some interesting issues. As I think my recent posts have indicated, I agree to a great degree with your implied criticisms of TBotSS. I also strongly agree t…
20 Feb 2001, 00:51
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Robert, They say every reader brings something of his own to every book he reads. You seem to bring more than most, in fact you seem to bring an entirely different book. At leas…
19 Feb 2001, 23:44
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[...] But they're all the same series! I assume you mean that NS/UNS* and LS are the SF disguised as fantasy and SS is the fantasy disguised as SF. No one forced Wolfe to write…
19 Feb 2001, 00:23
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