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The New Improved Wonderful Eyeflash of Oz Oz References in "The Eyeflash Miracles" Part 6 One of the biologists who had worked in the program mentioned that the same type of genet…
14 Mar 1999, 23:00
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The New Improved Wonderful Eyeflash of Oz Oz References in "The Eyeflash Miracles" Part 5 Little Tib learns that he has slept for more than a day and that Dr. Prithivi wants him t…
12 Mar 1999, 23:05
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I will not have the next installment ready to post today. I am continuing to do research as I go along and have re-read _The Lost Princess of Oz_ and _The Tin Woodman of Oz_, the e…
11 Mar 1999, 23:59
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The New Improved Wonderful Eyeflash of Oz Oz References in "The Eyeflash Miracles" Part 4 Little Tib, Nitty and Mr. Parker are picked up while hitchhiking by the driver of an old …
10 Mar 1999, 23:59
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[Note: the next segment, which I'm posting tomorrow, is at least half all new material. So stay tuned!] The New Improved Wonderful Eyeflash of Oz Oz References in "The Eyeflash Mi…
09 Mar 1999, 23:29
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The New Improved Wonderful Eyeflash of Oz Oz References in "The Eyeflash Miracles" Part 2 George Tibbs, usually referred to as Little Tib in the story (his father is known as Big …
09 Mar 1999, 00:46
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The New Improved Wonderful Eyeflash of Oz Oz References in "The Eyeflash Miracles" Part 1 First of all, I would like to express my great appreciation to alga, who was kind enough …
08 Mar 1999, 01:04
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The New Improved Wonderful Eyeflash of Oz Oz References in "The Eyeflash Miracles" Part 0 Since there has been such a long hiatus in my postings on Oz references in Gene Wolfe's s…
05 Mar 1999, 23:46
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Here is a _Peace_ puzzler. It has to do with the book itself, not its contents, so there may actually be an answer to this question. Who drew the cover art? The back of the Orb e…
03 Mar 1999, 00:55
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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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Here is my fourth posting on the Oz references in _The Eyeflash Miracles_. Little Tib, Nitty and Mr. Parker are picked up while hitchhiking by the driver of an old school bus whic…
18 Feb 1999, 00:29
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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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I really don't understand your argument here. How is what the narrator of TFHoC knows about his and David's relative ages or social status controlling the order of the roll? Mr. M…
16 Feb 1999, 23:58
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Yes, as a matter of fact, I do know of a roll call that is not alphabetical. In my family, when my mother wanted to make sure that I and all my brothers and sisters were present, s…
15 Feb 1999, 23:17
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Before I go on with more Oz material I would like to ask for some help from the other list members. At one point in _The Eyeflash Miracles_, Little Tib, Nitty and Mr. Parker are h…
09 Feb 1999, 00:09
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alga, You're welcome. I'm glad to see that there is at least one other Ozophile on this list. Any help you wish to provide will be gratefully received. I didn't know about the re…
05 Feb 1999, 22:45
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Wow, a book written like Wolfe but with an author who's not coy and oblique. I don't know if I could stand it. The relief, that is. <G> William Ansley…
05 Feb 1999, 22:29
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Here is my third posting on the Oz references in _The Eyeflash Miracles_. The next Oz reference is a throw away line from Nitty. He is in a box car on a freight train with Mr. Par…
03 Feb 1999, 00:38
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I take the above back, partly. Shortly after I sent it, I remembered that Little Ozzie sings "We're Off to See the Wizard" at some point in FLF. Maybe I'll have to re-read FLF soon…
01 Feb 1999, 23:27
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mantis, I may try this; I am rather fond of FLF. But despite the many times I've read that FLF is a loose retelling of the _Wizard of Oz_, I don't buy it. The only real Oz referen…
01 Feb 1999, 00:10
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This is the second of my postings about Oz references in Gene Wolfe's story "The Eyeflash Miracles." Although I don't really think it is necessary to warn about Wolfe spoilers in p…
01 Feb 1999, 00:02
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That's as good a guess as any and better than most, I would say. That's interesting. I also thought a storm was mentioned in the first paragraph of _Peace_, until I went back and …
31 Jan 1999, 22:26
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I don't intend on doing a detailed summary of the whole plot of "The Eyeflash Miracles" because it would take too long; I am going to concentrate on the parts with Oz references. F…
30 Jan 1999, 00:55
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This posting could be considered to be my way of volunteering to answer the FAQ: What are the Oz references in "The Eyeflash Miracles"? except that I doubt it is a question asked v…
29 Jan 1999, 00:00
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Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com> said: I wouldn't call Weer's mental state a dream. My interpretation is that he is casting his mind back through his memories, in no parti…
27 Jan 1999, 01:02
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I have been reading this list quite a while and have read all the archives at one time or another and I think I know why "nothing is ever actually done" and why nothing is likely t…
27 Jan 1999, 00:05
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I have a new theory about these shadows. (And that is all Forlesen saw, after all, the shadows of whatever was holding up the road. And can we even be sure of that?) They were the…
12 Jan 1999, 00:06
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I hadn't read "The Children's Hour" by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore for years myself but I did recall that it was in _A Treasury of Great Science Fiction_ edited by Anthony Bouche…
07 Jan 1999, 00:31
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I'm afraid I just can't let this pass, even though I suppose I am picking nits. In the passage quoted above from _Peace_, the person speaking to Katy is not Aunt Olivia, it is Hann…
13 Dec 1998, 01:40
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Thank goodness (and evilness, to preserve duality)! I am glad that someone else interpreted this passage in the same way I did, which seems to me to be the only sensible way to in…
30 Oct 1998, 01:10
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh! What a welcome breath of fresh air. I shall never be unkind to pond scum again. Thank you, alga! William Ansley…
14 Oct 1998, 00:11
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Well, *somebody* has a wicked sense of humor, anyway. William Ansley…
13 Oct 1998, 23:49
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Yup, I guess it does. I didn't write "Lewis Carroll wasn't a child pornographer despite the fact that he took pictures of naked little girls," not because I wasn't aware of that he…
09 Sep 1998, 00:01
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I find your second "speculative claim" about ILGC much easier to swallow than your first, in fact it even occurred to *me* that she might be imagining the man without too much spec…
06 Sep 1998, 00:51
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(To the tune of "Little Orphan Annie".) Who could it be but Robert Borski! Who said: I am with Rostrum on this one. I don't see how Robert can get "experiencing time backwards" …
05 Sep 1998, 00:31
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I certainly don't deny the Carroll connection, I noticed it myself on my first reading of TBotNS and especially "The Cat". Even though I was quite sure that Christopher R. Culver …
05 Sep 1998, 00:31
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I certainly hope no one reading this list thinks that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) molested any children. He didn't. He also wasn't a child pornographer - mantis was jo…
04 Sep 1998, 00:06
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----------------- My novel _Peace_ has just been published in Britain.... Colin Greenland has reviewed it kindly in the London _Times Literary Supplement_, but what we are doing he…
28 Aug 1998, 23:42
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Rostrum (Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>) said: I really don't think we disagree very much here. I think there was a "real" house Weer built before he died that had muse…
28 Aug 1998, 00:08
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Alex David Groce (adgroce at eos.ncsu.edu) said: I shouldn't have left this hanging. Sorry, I was tired. Nope. I don't think Weer is a serial killer and I never have, although I hav…
27 Aug 1998, 23:57
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Rostrum (Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>) said: Maybe. But it definitely would be more fair as a test if he was a great deal older than five. "Alex David Groce" <adgroc…
27 Aug 1998, 00:46
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Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com> said: I prefer to believe that the house does/did exist and it did have "museum rooms" replicating important rooms in Weer's life. But, I …
27 Aug 1998, 00:38
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Rostrum (Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>) said: Rostrum, Your recollection of the end of the book is a little bit off. ----------------- It is time, I think, that I se…
27 Aug 1998, 00:32
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Rostrum (Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>) said: "Alex David Groce" <adgroce at eos.ncsu.edu> said: I really find it hard to support the idea that a five-year-old Alden Den…
26 Aug 1998, 00:12
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Alex David Groce (adgroce at eos.ncsu.edu) said: I am rereading _Peace_ again and taking notes. (Man oh man, does that ever slow me down and make what is normally a pleasure into a c…
25 Aug 1998, 23:33
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Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com> said: You certainly can think whatever you want, but please note that I said "certain as anything can be in a Wolfe book" which isn't very…
24 Aug 1998, 23:45
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It is as certain as anything can be in a Wolfe book that Weer is dead, a YADP (Yet Another Dead Protanganist - another useful term I offer to Wolfe scholars), both from internal ev…
24 Aug 1998, 01:11
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I am not sure if I am thinking of the same discussion of _Peace_ that you are (although I remember only one) but if I am then "good" is perhaps overstating it. What I remember is a…
24 Aug 1998, 00:15
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