# Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus *The Urth list — 5 messages, 4 voices, 30 Nov 2004* > 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. --- ### Hmpf MacSlow *30 Nov 2004, 12:09* Hi there, I've been thinking for days about what to say here and have finally come to the conclusion that there is nothing I can say that would not fall miles short of everything that's gone on here before (I've read most of the archives by now), so I'll just be shallow and say: this is an amazing list. Reading it is almost - not quite - as good as reading Wolfe himself: it expands my mind in all kinds of directions and ties my brain in all kinds of interesting knots. One question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus without selling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, bereft of the means to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book... Oh, yeah, and just because there don't seem to be many women reading Wolfe, at least not on this list, and because I realise my nick is kind of neutral, I feel the need to point out that I belong to that rare demographic. *g* What else to say... Well, I've read very little Wolfe so far, just the Book of the New Sun and the Urth of the New Sun, and I'm only into my second reading of The Shadow of the Torturer (read it first about a year ago, and I've only recently been able to buy and read UotNS). Still, even this limited contact with his work has propelled Gene Wolfe right to the top of my favourites list, next to Tolkien who's been there since I was 16. I think it's safe to say that no other book has impressed me as deeply since 1992, the year I first read LotR, as BotNS has. And now I'll go back to lurking, I think. Hmpf --- "Senseless property destruction has failed me, and so I must resort to wackiness." - Patrick Shaughnessy, Triangle and Robert --- ### James Wynn *30 Nov 2004, 14:05 · in reply to Hmpf MacSlow* > One question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus without > selling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, bereft of the > means to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book... That depends on how much your firstborn would bring. :-) The book is out of print and I'm not selling. A review of the Internet reveals that it cannot be had for less than $225. ~ Crush --- ### Hmpf MacSlow *30 Nov 2004, 14:13 · in reply to James Wynn* > That depends on how much your firstborn would bring. :-) Not very much, considering it doesn't exist, and probably never will. ;-) > The book is out of print and I'm not selling. > > A review of the Internet reveals that it cannot be had for less than $225. Yes, I know. It's even more expensive in Europe (over 300 euros). Hence my question. Any chance of a reprint? I know Michael Andr?-Driussi posts on this list... Somewhat hopeless, Hmpf --- ### Christopher Culver *30 Nov 2004, 14:15 · in reply to Hmpf MacSlow* > From: Hmpf MacSlow > Yes, I know. It's even more expensive in Europe (over 300 euros). Hence my > question. Any chance of a reprint? I know Michael Andr?-Driussi posts on > this list... Michael Andr?-Driussi left this list quite some time ago. Christopher Culver --- ### Maru *30 Nov 2004, 18:25 · in reply to Hmpf MacSlow* Hmpf, I'm not sure what the library's are like in Europe, but in AMerica, when I want a rare, really expensive book, I put in several inter-library loan requests at my local library. You said you were a university student? Would your universitie's library have any affiliations or alliances with other libraries? You might want to look into that- could save you lots of money. ~Maru > --- Hmpf MacSlow wrote: > Hi there, > > I've been thinking for days about what to say here and have > finally come to > the conclusion that there is nothing I can say that would not > fall miles > short of everything that's gone on here before (I've read most > of the > archives by now), so I'll just be shallow and say: this is an > amazing list. > Reading it is almost - not quite - as good as reading Wolfe > himself: it > expands my mind in all kinds of directions and ties my brain in > all kinds > of interesting knots. > > One question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus > without > selling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, > bereft of the > means to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book... > > Oh, yeah, and just because there don't seem to be many women > reading Wolfe, > at least not on this list, and because I realise my nick is > kind of > neutral, I feel the need to point out that I belong to that > rare > demographic. *g* > > What else to say... Well, I've read very little Wolfe so far, > just the Book > of the New Sun and the Urth of the New Sun, and I'm only into > my second > reading of The Shadow of the Torturer (read it first about a > year ago, and > I've only recently been able to buy and read UotNS). Still, > even this > limited contact with his work has propelled Gene Wolfe right to > the top of > my favourites list, next to Tolkien who's been there since I > was 16. I > think it's safe to say that no other book has impressed me as > deeply since > 1992, the year I first read LotR, as BotNS has. > > And now I'll go back to lurking, I think. > > Hmpf > > > > > > --- > > "Senseless property destruction has failed me, and so I must > resort to > wackiness." > - Patrick Shaughnessy, Triangle and Robert > > _______________________________________________ ---