# bsharp *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 26 May 2006* > 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. --- ### b sharp *26 May 2006, 13:28* Bsharp has been my nom de internet for quite a while now. I wasn't sure how important or revealed the members' vital statistics are for this community so I held back on that. I noticed some recent interest so I guess I ought to pull back the curtain. My stats are not at all fascinating, so I'll reveal them. I wouldn't want a false sense of mystery to color my posts. I am male age 45, married (twice) with 3 kids. I have some East Coast roots but have been a long time resident of Columbus, Ohio. I was raised in a very mild form of Judaism but have no religious convictions. My education is primarily in Biology and Anthropology and my occupations have been mostly as an educator, social worker and currently, as a very low level bureaucrat in public health. Like Thecla, I am slightly pleased that someone thought I might be of the opposite gender. On the other hand, though my educational and occupational background gives me a familiarity with such odd topics as homsexuality, pedophila and transvestitism I have no personal inclinations in those directions. (so remember that in regard to some of my future posts! lol). I've read 5th Head of Cerberus, BotNS + Urth religiously, and most of Wolfe's other older books. I read the Long Sun series and felt the first book was almost as good as Severian's tale but I was disappointed by the last book and never got to the Short Sun or later work. I think I will now have to do that. But, as is obvious, I have a lot of issues to resolve in BotNS first. Thanks to all for giving me such a warm welcome! -bsharp --- ### Transentient *26 May 2006, 13:41 · in reply to b sharp* > I've read 5th Head of Cerberus, BotNS + Urth religiously, and most of > Wolfe's other older books. I read the Long Sun series and felt the > first > book was almost as good as Severian's tale but I was disappointed > by the > last book and never got to the Short Sun or later work. I think I > will now > have to do that. But, as is obvious, I have a lot of issues to > resolve in > BotNS first. Short Sun is really really excellent - I'm just on my first tour through the works of Gene Wolfe myself, but I really like Short Sun best out of the big cycle. You really have to read BoTNS and BoTLS to fully enjoy it, but getting through BoTLS is well worth it. ---