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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": 4251, "subject": "Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus", "messages": 5, "voices": 4, "first": "2004-11-30T12:09:49+00:00", "last": "2004-11-30T18:25:55+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "<6.2.0.14.0.20041130204718.01cb8dd8@pop.gmx.net>", "from": { "name": "Hmpf MacSlow", "address": "hmpf1998 at gmx.net" }, "date": "2004-11-30T12:09:49+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Hi there,\n\nI've been thinking for days about what to say here and have finally come to \nthe conclusion that there is nothing I can say that would not fall miles \nshort of everything that's gone on here before (I've read most of the \narchives by now), so I'll just be shallow and say: this is an amazing list. \nReading it is almost - not quite - as good as reading Wolfe himself: it \nexpands my mind in all kinds of directions and ties my brain in all kinds \nof interesting knots.\n\nOne question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus without \nselling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, bereft of the \nmeans to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book...\n\nOh, yeah, and just because there don't seem to be many women reading Wolfe, \nat least not on this list, and because I realise my nick is kind of \nneutral, I feel the need to point out that I belong to that rare \ndemographic. *g*\n\nWhat else to say... Well, I've read very little Wolfe so far, just the Book \nof the New Sun and the Urth of the New Sun, and I'm only into my second \nreading of The Shadow of the Torturer (read it first about a year ago, and \nI've only recently been able to buy and read UotNS). Still, even this \nlimited contact with his work has propelled Gene Wolfe right to the top of \nmy favourites list, next to Tolkien who's been there since I was 16. I \nthink it's safe to say that no other book has impressed me as deeply since \n1992, the year I first read LotR, as BotNS has.\n\nAnd now I'll go back to lurking, I think.\n\nHmpf\n\n\n\n\n\n---\n\n\"Senseless property destruction has failed me, and so I must resort to \nwackiness.\"\n- Patrick Shaughnessy, Triangle and Robert " } ] }, { "message_id": "<017201c4d728$bd2e2c40$4c1e4b0a@vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>", "from": { "name": "James Wynn", "address": "thewynns at earthlink.net" }, "date": "2004-11-30T14:05:48+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus", "in_reply_to": "<6.2.0.14.0.20041130204718.01cb8dd8@pop.gmx.net>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "One question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus without\nselling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, bereft of the\nmeans to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book..." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "That depends on how much your firstborn would bring. :-)\n\nThe book is out of print and I'm not selling.\n\nA review of the Internet reveals that it cannot be had for less than $225.\n\n~ Crush" } ] }, { "message_id": "<6.2.0.14.0.20041130230949.0371d980@pop.gmx.net>", "from": { "name": "Hmpf MacSlow", "address": "hmpf1998 at gmx.net" }, "date": "2004-11-30T14:13:36+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus", "in_reply_to": "<017201c4d728$bd2e2c40$4c1e4b0a@vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "That depends on how much your firstborn would bring. :-)" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Not very much, considering it doesn't exist, and probably never will. ;-)" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "The book is out of print and I'm not selling.\n\nA review of the Internet reveals that it cannot be had for less than $225." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Yes, I know. It's even more expensive in Europe (over 300 euros). Hence my \nquestion. Any chance of a reprint? I know Michael Andr?-Driussi posts on \nthis list...\n\nSomewhat hopeless,\n\nHmpf" } ] }, { "message_id": "<20041130.161524.47810084.christopher_culver@yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Christopher Culver", "address": "christopher_culver at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2004-11-30T14:15:35+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus", "in_reply_to": "<6.2.0.14.0.20041130230949.0371d980@pop.gmx.net>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "From: Hmpf MacSlow \nYes, I know. It's even more expensive in Europe (over 300 euros). Hence my \nquestion. Any chance of a reprint? I know Michael Andr?-Driussi posts on \nthis list..." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Michael Andr?-Driussi left this list quite some time ago.\n\nChristopher Culver" } ] }, { "message_id": "<20041201022553.12734.qmail@web14712.mail.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Maru", "address": "marudubshinki at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2004-11-30T18:25:55+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus", "in_reply_to": "<6.2.0.14.0.20041130204718.01cb8dd8@pop.gmx.net>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Hmpf, I'm not sure what the library's are like in Europe, but in\nAMerica, when I want a rare, really expensive book, I put in\nseveral inter-library loan requests at my local library.\nYou said you were a university student? Would your universitie's\nlibrary have any affiliations or alliances with other libraries? \nYou might want to look into that- could save you lots of money.\n~Maru" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "--- Hmpf MacSlow wrote:\nHi there,\n\nI've been thinking for days about what to say here and have\nfinally come to \nthe conclusion that there is nothing I can say that would not\nfall miles \nshort of everything that's gone on here before (I've read most\nof the \narchives by now), so I'll just be shallow and say: this is an\namazing list. \nReading it is almost - not quite - as good as reading Wolfe\nhimself: it \nexpands my mind in all kinds of directions and ties my brain in\nall kinds \nof interesting knots.\n\nOne question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus\nwithout \nselling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student,\nbereft of the \nmeans to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book...\n\nOh, yeah, and just because there don't seem to be many women\nreading Wolfe, \nat least not on this list, and because I realise my nick is\nkind of \nneutral, I feel the need to point out that I belong to that\nrare \ndemographic. *g*\n\nWhat else to say... Well, I've read very little Wolfe so far,\njust the Book \nof the New Sun and the Urth of the New Sun, and I'm only into\nmy second \nreading of The Shadow of the Torturer (read it first about a\nyear ago, and \nI've only recently been able to buy and read UotNS). Still,\neven this \nlimited contact with his work has propelled Gene Wolfe right to\nthe top of \nmy favourites list, next to Tolkien who's been there since I\nwas 16. I \nthink it's safe to say that no other book has impressed me as\ndeeply since \n1992, the year I first read LotR, as BotNS has.\n\nAnd now I'll go back to lurking, I think.\n\nHmpf\n\n\n\n\n\n---\n\n\"Senseless property destruction has failed me, and so I must\nresort to \nwackiness.\"\n- Patrick Shaughnessy, Triangle and Robert \n\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }