{ "export": { "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/3009", "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": 3009, "subject": "some help?!", "messages": 3, "voices": 2, "first": "2002-03-02T23:19:38+00:00", "last": "2002-03-03T12:49:34+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "guytje", "address": "guytje at dds.nl" }, "date": "2002-03-02T23:19:38+00:00", "subject": "(urth) some help?!", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Hi,\n\nI've just finished reading the New Sun series, and liked it, but not to the extent I thought I would (or should). Must admin that a lot of crucial parts seem to have been lost on me. Sites tell me that I should re-read, and I would, had I the time; I don't.\n\nSo, my question is... does anyone have (or know of) a site/page/forum where importand elements of Wolfe's magical world and plot are (briefly) explained, described and/or worked out? I checked out the urth.net discussion, but the threads are so diverse that I seem to loose my head in the finding of info.\n\nHope someone has a tip.\n\nThanks,\n\nGuy (netherlands)" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Jason Ingram", "address": "j_ingram at mac.com" }, "date": "2002-03-02T23:39:49+00:00", "subject": "Re: (urth) some help?!", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Guy,\n_Lexicon Urthus_ might be helpful; others on the list are more qualified \nthan myself to discuss its value for summary/plot exposition.\n\nWhen I reread the series after a couple of years, I was amazed at the \n\"obvious\" details I had overlooked the first time around. Wolfe \nmentions somewhere that good literature rewards repeated reading, which \nseems to stand in tension with his statement about half-stoned readers \ndistracted by television.\n\nSo, I wouldn't worry about waiting, ruminating, and returning to the \nseries when you do have time--which is what it sounds like you're \nplanning." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Saturday, March 2, 2002, at 03:19 PM, guytje wrote:\nHi,\n \nI've just finished reading the New Sun series, and liked it, but not to \nthe extent I thought I would (or should). Must admin that a lot of \ncrucial parts seem to have been lost on me. Sites tell me that I should \nre-read, and I would, had I the time; I don't.\n \nSo, my question is... does anyone have (or know of) a site/page/forum \nwhere importand elements of Wolfe's magical world and plot are \n(briefly) explained, described and/or worked out? I checked out the \nurth.net discussion, but the threads are so diverse that I seem to \nloose my head in the finding of info.\n \nHope someone has a tip.\n \nThanks,\n \nGuy (netherlands)" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "guytje", "address": "guytje at dds.nl" }, "date": "2002-03-03T12:49:34+00:00", "subject": "Re: (urth) some help?!", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Thanks ;)\n\nGood one ('So, I wouldn't worry about waiting')...\n\nGuy\n\n ----- Original Message ----- \n From: Jason Ingram \n To: urth at urth.net \n Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2002 12:39 AM\n Subject: Re: (urth) some help?!\n\n\n Guy, \n _Lexicon Urthus_ might be helpful; others on the list are more qualified than myself to discuss its value for summary/plot exposition.\n\n When I reread the series after a couple of years, I was amazed at the \"obvious\" details I had overlooked the first time around. Wolfe mentions somewhere that good literature rewards repeated reading, which seems to stand in tension with his statement about half-stoned readers distracted by television.\n\n So, I wouldn't worry about waiting, ruminating, and returning to the series when you do have time--which is what it sounds like you're planning.\n\n On Saturday, March 2, 2002, at 03:19 PM, guytje wrote:\n\n\n Hi,\n \n I've just finished reading the New Sun series, and liked it, but not to the extent I thought I would (or should). Must admin that a lot of crucial parts seem to have been lost on me. Sites tell me that I should re-read, and I would, had I the time; I don't.\n \n So, my question is... does anyone have (or know of) a site/page/forum where importand elements of Wolfe's magical world and plot are (briefly) explained, described and/or worked out? I checked out the urth.net discussion, but the threads are so diverse that I seem to loose my head in the finding of info.\n \n Hope someone has a tip.\n \n Thanks,\n \n Guy (netherlands)" } ] } ] }