Posted as William H. Ansley, William Ansley
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I'm going to comment on one of your questions and try to answer another. I am not sure if some of the others can be answered in any definite way; it will be interesting to see wh…
17 Feb 2001, 01:18
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Well, of course, this question is unanswerable, since it boils down to a matter of opinion. But I will try to answer it below, nonetheless. There is probably no SF writer who ha…
15 Feb 2001, 01:25
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Well, when you put all the pieces together, I'd really appreciate you telling us all about it. I personally don't believe Wolfe has given us all the pieces or anything like it. …
14 Feb 2001, 23:09
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Hi, alga and all. I finally had time to finish RTTW. I can't say that I was all that thrilled with it either, for a variety of reasons. I found Pig's dialect quite irritating as…
14 Feb 2001, 01:08
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While this doesn't serve as an argument against following the estimable alga's advice, _Peace_ is the first book I read by Wolfe and it did get me hooked. It did and does continu…
01 Jan 2001, 23:38
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Definitely start with _Peace_. I would then read _The Fifth Head of Cerberus_, followed by _Free Live Free_ and _Strange Travelers_ (I hope you get it). I am a strong proponent …
27 Dec 2000, 23:53
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No one else has mentioned this web site that I am aware of. The URL for the Planetarium site is: http://www.beholder.co.uk/ beholder.com is something else entirely. I haven't h…
11 Dec 2000, 23:09
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While I hesitate to bring up this old chestnut again, I am still fascinated by Weer's remark about Napoleon's hand on page 2 of _Peace_. He remarks that he knew why Napoleon kept…
09 Dec 2000, 00:23
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Thank you, but I'm sure you would have done just as well, if not better. [...] Very neat. This hypothesis is much better my "Weer's mind as a single point travelling through tim…
08 Dec 2000, 23:57
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... I can't let this pass without comment. I am sure I won't change your mind Dan'l, but as far as I am concerned, the only reasonable choice from your list of who Weer could be…
08 Dec 2000, 00:03
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Since recommending books seems to be in fashion at the moment, I'm going to chime in. First, I would like to very strongly second the recommendation for the Nero Wolfe books abov…
05 Dec 2000, 23:51
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All I can say is, you people make me sick! <G> At least Kevin Maroney was too polite too explicitly come out and state that he had received and read an advance copy of RTW (not t…
05 Dec 2000, 23:23
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I agree that Wolfe probably didn't intend the reader to be able to reconstruct a biography of Weer from _Peace_. I love the idea that Weer's failure to be able to sort out "Life"…
03 Dec 2000, 23:03
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I don't know why everyone thinks that the larger guy on the cover is a giant. The glowing guy could be teensy. And the bird could be much farther away than everyone is assuming. …
24 Nov 2000, 00:33
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I also favor a single list. I would say an absolute no to any ads that were not plain text. I would prefer no ads, but will put up with plain text ads rather than have no list. …
19 Oct 2000, 01:20
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I also favor a single list. I would say an absolute no to any ads that were not plain text. I would prefer no ads, but will put up with plain text ads rather than have no list. …
19 Oct 2000, 01:20
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Robert, You make an intriguing and even convincing case. It's nice to see you using your powers for goodness instead of evil. <G>…
08 Sep 2000, 23:36
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Wow, indeed! If you come across a hus, and it offers to shake your hand, *don't do it*. <g>…
07 Sep 2000, 00:02
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I find this a very odd thing for Gene Wolfe to say, considering it is a certainty (based on the evidence of "The Eyeflash Miracles") that Wolfe read Baum's Oz books. Ozma is noth…
06 Sep 2000, 23:24
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And you hold it much more gracefully than ever I could, alga. <g>…
24 Aug 2000, 23:02
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But, Babbie *is* an eight legged beastie! I just think it was Babbie the whole time. Most likely under Mucor's control then, and perhaps later. Well, it's nice to be back. Will…
24 Aug 2000, 22:37
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Back on Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce at gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu> wrote: [...] I found the passage quoted above while I was looking through the archive for one of my …
23 Aug 2000, 23:54
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Wow! I agree with you on this one Robert. Way back on Tue, 19 Oct 1999, so long ago that I still felt clever for figuring out that Olivine was Hammerstone and Marble's daughter, …
23 Aug 2000, 23:44
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[...] Almost certainly, it will surprise no long-time readers of this discussion list, least of all you Robert, that I disagree strongly with this interpretation. It is just so …
23 Aug 2000, 23:23
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I agree, as I think many, if not all, reading this do. The IGJ cover makes the OBW cover look, well, less bad in comparison. It would have been very easy to make attractive, eleg…
09 Aug 2000, 22:47
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Nutria, You know, I really like this idea. It seems somehow very right. The only problem with it is that I really find it hard to see how Horn could have used it as a credible t…
09 Aug 2000, 22:31
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I think you may have something here. But surely, "not wishing each other dead" is included within the Golden Rule?…
02 Aug 2000, 23:23
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Of course! I knew that Wolfe's description of the "dream Oreb" reminded me of something. I bet it's deliberate; Wolfe has used cartoon imagery more than once before. Now you're …
02 Aug 2000, 23:18
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Actually, Adam Stephanides noted the change: And, in response, I made a speculation much like yours: I think the section of the book that you quote from is probably important, p…
01 Aug 2000, 00:09
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alga, I bow to your superior knowledge in these matter and stand corrected.…
31 Jul 2000, 23:59
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I think you may have hit upon one of the few statements that everyone who reads this list can agree on. <g> I seem to recall that someone who seemed to know said that Wolfe did …
31 Jul 2000, 23:30
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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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Well, I finished _In Green's Jungles_ today. Wolfe is certainly is full of surprises. All I can say is that I hope _Return to the Whorl_ is released with no more of a delay than …
23 Jul 2000, 23:40
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I have just finished IGJ. Although I hadn't intended to, I re-read OBW in its entirety first. I certainly noticed several things that I hadn't the first two times I read it but o…
23 Jul 2000, 22:59
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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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Is that your final answer? Sorry. Ooooh, you were so close! The correct answer is: "In the final reckoning there is only love, only that divinity. That we are capable only of be…
06 Jul 2000, 23:43
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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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Although I agree that the house in THB is supposed to recall the house in LB, there are some differences. The haunted boardinghouse is a more or less normal house (architecturall…
26 Jun 2000, 22:46
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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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The URL below links to a single panel humor cartoon called Dr. Fun. The subject matter, if not its treatment, should be of interest to many readers of this list. <http://metalab…
30 May 2000, 23:17
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Now that I have paused a couple days to keep you all in suspense, here is more detail. Book Two of LB is called "Brother North-wind's Secret". Chapter II of this Book starts off …
15 May 2000, 23:44
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What's the difference between a wolf and a crow? Give up? Well, just look at them. They are pretty different! How about this one: What's the difference between G. Wolfe and J. C…
14 May 2000, 00:17
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Or perhaps *a* fairy? William Ansley…
05 May 2000, 00:10
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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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