{ "export": { "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/1049", "note": "Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright in each message remains with the person who wrote it. Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 1049, "subject": "newbie seeks info?", "messages": 4, "voices": 4, "first": "1998-08-19T13:25:05+00:00", "last": "1998-08-20T20:50:11+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Jonathan Laidlow and Rachel Williams", "address": "j.m.laidlow at bham.ac.uk" }, "date": "1998-08-19T14:08:41+00:00", "subject": "(urth) newbie seeks info?", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Hi - just subscribed to the list, and I was wondering if anyone could \ngive me details of the book (or books) listed in joan Gordon's \nStarmont readers guide to Wolfe in which he describes the writing of \nthe Book of the New Sun.\n\nIf anyone knows a UK retailer which stocks the book, all the \nbetter....\n\nJonathan Laidlow\n********************************************************\n\nJonathan Laidlow\nDept of English - staff pigeonholes\nUniversity of Birmingham\nEdgbaston\nBirmingham\nB15 2TT, England" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Stephen Witowski", "address": "stephenw at libraries.manchester.gov.uk" }, "date": "1998-08-19T13:25:05+00:00", "subject": "Re: (urth) newbie seeks info?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Jonathan,\n\nAnother English fan here. You could do worse than picking up a copy of\nWolfes non-fiction/fiction book \"Castle of Days\" which contains \"The Book\nof Days\" an excellent short story collection, some new essays and \"The\nCastle of the Otter\" which is described as a book about The Book of the New\nSun. Unfortunatly I don't think it is in print anymore my edition is a US\nhardback from Tor. Try the Waterstones or Dillons websites for in print\ndetails. If you want more info E-mail me privately and we'll take it from\nthere. \n\nGood Hunting\n\nStephen Witkowski\nLibrarian/Information Officer\nCity Architect's Library , Manchester. UK.\nE-Mail : stephenw at libraries.manchester.gov.uk\nPhone : (0161) 234 4357\n\nPS I presume you've tried Andromeda bookshop in Birmingham?\n\nJonathan Laidlow wrote :-" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Hi - just subscribed to the list, and I was wondering if anyone could \ngive me details of the book (or books) listed in joan Gordon's \nStarmont readers guide to Wolfe in which he describes the writing of \nthe Book of the New Sun.\n\nIf anyone knows a UK retailer which stocks the book, all the \nbetter...." } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "m.driussi", "address": "m.driussi at genie.com" }, "date": "1998-08-19T14:08:00+00:00", "subject": "(urth) newbie seeks info?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Hello Jonathan Laidlow.\n\nRe: book(s) listed in Joan Gordon's GENE WOLFE; pertaining to THE\nBOOK OF THE NEW SUN; specifically (?) Gene Wolfe writing about how he\nwrote TBOTNS (?).\n\nThe book in question would be THE CASTLE OF THE OTTER: A BOOK ABOUT\nTHE BOOK OF THE NEW SUN (1982). It has been reprinted by Tor in an\nomnibus edition with GENE WOLFE'S BOOK OF DAYS (1981) as CASTLE OF\nDAYS (1992).\n\nThe only other book about TBOTNS (that I'm aware of) is LEXICON\nURTHUS (1994), but it is not listed in Joan Gordon's GENE WOLFE\n(1986), nor does it have articles by Wolfe about the writing of\nTBOTNS.\n\nOtherwise, the book(s) listed in Joan Gordon's GW in the chapter\nabout TBOTNS: only THE BIBLE (the other citations are reviews of\nTBOTNS, an interview with Gene Wolfe, and an article for writers by\nGene Wolfe).\n\nI hope this helps.\n\n=mantis=" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Peter Westlake", "address": "peter at harlequin.co.uk" }, "date": "1998-08-20T20:50:11+00:00", "subject": "Re: (urth) newbie seeks info?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "At 14:25 1998-08-19 +0100, you wrote:\nJonathan,\n\nAnother English fan here. You could do worse than picking up a copy of\nWolfes non-fiction/fiction book \"Castle of Days\" which contains \"The Book\nof Days\" an excellent short story collection, some new essays and \"The\nCastle of the Otter\" which is described as a book about The Book of the New\nSun. Unfortunatly I don't think it is in print anymore my edition is a US\nhardback from Tor. Try the Waterstones or Dillons websites for in print\ndetails. If you want more info E-mail me privately and we'll take it from\nthere. " }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I bought \"Castle of Days\" a few weeks ago in Cambridge, so some copies\nare finding their way over here. The ISBN is 0-312-89042-7, and the\npublisher is Orb.\n\nSBear." } ] } ] }