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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": 4770, "subject": "Soldier Series", "messages": 11, "voices": 9, "first": "2006-11-19T21:10:00+00:00", "last": "2007-02-28T12:56:25+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Powell ....", "address": "just_like_powell at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2006-11-19T21:10:00+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I'm 11 chapters through Sidon and am desperate to know if there will be \nfurther Latro books. Does anybody know? Is there a fanclub we can join to \nkeep up to date with the works of the legend himself, Mr. Gene Wolfe?\n\nI'm new to this list so sorry if this has been answered already." } ] }, { "message_id": "<1163973406.24512.276497917@webmail.messagingengine.com>", "from": { "name": "Rex Lycanthrosaurus", "address": "lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm" }, "date": "2006-11-19T21:56:46+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:10:00 +0000, \"Powell ....\"\n said:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "I'm 11 chapters through Sidon and am desperate to know if there will be \nfurther Latro books. Does anybody know? Is there a fanclub we can join to \nkeep up to date with the works of the legend himself, Mr. Gene Wolfe?" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The ARC of _Sidon_ includes the following sentence on the back cover:\n\"At last we have a new [Latro] book, and Wolfe promises more in the\nfuture.\"\n\nOur understanding here in the list (about as close to a fanclub as\nyou're likely to get) is that he will start writing Latro IV once he's\ndone with his pirate novel.\n\nAs for Latro's V and VI, or beyond, who knows?" }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": " Rex Lycanthrosaurus\n lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm\n\n-- \nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service" } ] }, { "message_id": "<1154.12.146.23.37.1164045400.squirrel@brunians.org>", "from": { "name": "brunians at brunians.org", "address": "brunians at brunians.org" }, "date": "2006-11-20T17:56:40+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": "<1163973406.24512.276497917@webmail.messagingengine.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Wolfe told me in 2002 that his original plan was to write a whole bunch of\n'Soldier' books, but that after the second, his publisher told him there\nwas no market for them. But by 2002 his publisher had changed his mind\nabout that, and he promised 'Sidon' after WK was done (which happened).\n\nI imagine he will go back to his original plan.\n\n\n.\n\n___" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:10:00 +0000, \"Powell ....\"\n said:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I'm 11 chapters through Sidon and am desperate to know if there will be\nfurther Latro books. Does anybody know? Is there a fanclub we can join\nto\nkeep up to date with the works of the legend himself, Mr. Gene Wolfe?" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "The ARC of _Sidon_ includes the following sentence on the back cover:\n\"At last we have a new [Latro] book, and Wolfe promises more in the\nfuture.\"\n\nOur understanding here in the list (about as close to a fanclub as\nyou're likely to get) is that he will start writing Latro IV once he's\ndone with his pirate novel.\n\nAs for Latro's V and VI, or beyond, who knows?\n--\n Rex Lycanthrosaurus\n lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm\n\n--\nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Matthew DeLuca", "address": "deluca22 at tcnj.edu" }, "date": "2006-11-20T18:01:30+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": "<1154.12.146.23.37.1164045400.squirrel@brunians.org>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The Soldier books could go on for a while, I'm personally waiting for \nLatro's return to Italy" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Nov 20, 2006, at 12:56 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:\n\nWolfe told me in 2002 that his original plan was to write a whole \nbunch of\n'Soldier' books, but that after the second, his publisher told him \nthere\nwas no market for them. But by 2002 his publisher had changed his mind\nabout that, and he promised 'Sidon' after WK was done (which \nhappened).\n\nI imagine he will go back to his original plan.\n\n\n.\n\n___" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:10:00 +0000, \"Powell ....\"\n said:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "I'm 11 chapters through Sidon and am desperate to know if there \nwill be\nfurther Latro books. Does anybody know? Is there a fanclub we can \njoin\nto\nkeep up to date with the works of the legend himself, Mr. Gene \nWolfe?" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "The ARC of _Sidon_ includes the following sentence on the back cover:\n\"At last we have a new [Latro] book, and Wolfe promises more in the\nfuture.\"\n\nOur understanding here in the list (about as close to a fanclub as\nyou're likely to get) is that he will start writing Latro IV once \nhe's\ndone with his pirate novel.\n\nAs for Latro's V and VI, or beyond, who knows?\n--\n Rex Lycanthrosaurus\n lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm\n\n--\nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Theresa Flemming", "address": "evacuate55 at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2006-11-21T04:16:37+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Can anyone tell me if the new volume holds to the original atmosphere of \n'Soldier of the Mist'? It had the diffuse, dreamlike quality that one would \nassume an amnesiac/seer might know....I am curious as to whether the newer \nworks on Latro maintain that subtle layer of energy.\n\nApologies if this has been asked/answered already or quite often- I am new \nto this list....." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "From: Matthew DeLuca \nReply-To: The Urth Mailing List \nTo: The Urth Mailing List \nSubject: Re: (urth) Soldier Series\nDate: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:01:30 -0500\n\nThe Soldier books could go on for a while, I'm personally waiting for\nLatro's return to Italy\n\n\nOn Nov 20, 2006, at 12:56 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Wolfe told me in 2002 that his original plan was to write a whole\nbunch of\n'Soldier' books, but that after the second, his publisher told him\nthere\nwas no market for them. But by 2002 his publisher had changed his mind\nabout that, and he promised 'Sidon' after WK was done (which\nhappened).\n\nI imagine he will go back to his original plan.\n\n\n.\n\n___" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:10:00 +0000, \"Powell ....\"\n said:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "I'm 11 chapters through Sidon and am desperate to know if there\nwill be\nfurther Latro books. Does anybody know? Is there a fanclub we can\njoin\nto\nkeep up to date with the works of the legend himself, Mr. Gene\nWolfe?" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "The ARC of _Sidon_ includes the following sentence on the back cover:\n\"At last we have a new [Latro] book, and Wolfe promises more in the\nfuture.\"\n\nOur understanding here in the list (about as close to a fanclub as\nyou're likely to get) is that he will start writing Latro IV once\nhe's\ndone with his pirate novel.\n\nAs for Latro's V and VI, or beyond, who knows?\n--\n Rex Lycanthrosaurus\n lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm\n\n--\nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Dan Rabin", "address": "wolfe-lists at danrabin.com" }, "date": "2006-11-21T07:04:14+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Theresa Flemming asks," }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Can anyone tell me if the new volume holds to the original atmosphere of\n'Soldier of the Mist'? It had the diffuse, dreamlike quality that one would\nassume an amnesiac/seer might know....I am curious as to whether the newer\nworks on Latro maintain that subtle layer of energy." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Even better, in my opinion. Egypt and the lands to the south have \nsome _very_ charismatic gods for Latro to see and chat with, but he \nstill has to meet his companions anew every day and re-read the \nscroll. He still feels like the same character to me after 17 years \nin storage.\n\n -- Dan Rabin" } ] }, { "message_id": "<749184B0-2FEF-45B6-BA6B-AE59E9194B93@tcnj.edu>", "from": { "name": "Matthew DeLuca", "address": "deluca22 at tcnj.edu" }, "date": "2006-11-21T07:05:14+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Nov 21, 2006, at 2:04 AM, Dan Rabin wrote:\nTheresa Flemming asks," }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Can anyone tell me if the new volume holds to the original \natmosphere of\n'Soldier of the Mist'? It had the diffuse, dreamlike quality that \none would\nassume an amnesiac/seer might know....I am curious as to whether \nthe newer\nworks on Latro maintain that subtle layer of energy." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Even better, in my opinion. Egypt and the lands to the south have\nsome _very_ charismatic gods for Latro to see and chat with, but he\nstill has to meet his companions anew every day and re-read the\nscroll. He still feels like the same character to me after 17 years\nin storage.\n\n -- Dan Rabin\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Bob Miller", "address": "bob_bageera at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2006-11-21T11:19:50+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Soldier Series", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "From: \"Theresa Flemming\" \nReply-To: The Urth Mailing List \nTo: urth at lists.urth.net\nSubject: Re: (urth) Soldier Series\nDate: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 22:16:37 -0600\n\nCan anyone tell me if the new volume holds to the original atmosphere of\n'Soldier of the Mist'? It had the diffuse, dreamlike quality that one would\nassume an amnesiac/seer might know....I am curious as to whether the newer\nworks on Latro maintain that subtle layer of energy.\n\nTeresa,\n\nIt is my opinion that Wolfe did maintain the same atmosphere of \"aware \ndream\" in Soldier of Sidon. I confess I personally wanted more in the \nvolume, but like with other things of his I've been not immediately pleased \nwith, the book keeps coming back in my mind--scenes attitudes comments." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "From: Matthew DeLuca \nReply-To: The Urth Mailing List \nTo: The Urth Mailing List \nSubject: Re: (urth) Soldier Series\nDate: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:01:30 -0500\n\nThe Soldier books could go on for a while, I'm personally waiting for\nLatro's return to Italy\n\n\nOn Nov 20, 2006, at 12:56 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Wolfe told me in 2002 that his original plan was to write a whole\nbunch of\n'Soldier' books, but that after the second, his publisher told him\nthere\nwas no market for them. But by 2002 his publisher had changed his mind\nabout that, and he promised 'Sidon' after WK was done (which\nhappened).\n\nI imagine he will go back to his original plan.\n\n\n.\n\n___" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 21:10:00 +0000, \"Powell ....\"\n said:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "I'm 11 chapters through Sidon and am desperate to know if there\nwill be\nfurther Latro books. Does anybody know? Is there a fanclub we can\njoin\nto\nkeep up to date with the works of the legend himself, Mr. Gene\nWolfe?" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "The ARC of _Sidon_ includes the following sentence on the back cover:\n\"At last we have a new [Latro] book, and Wolfe promises more in the\nfuture.\"\n\nOur understanding here in the list (about as close to a fanclub as\nyou're likely to get) is that he will start writing Latro IV once\nhe's\ndone with his pirate novel.\n\nAs for Latro's V and VI, or beyond, who knows?\n--\n Rex Lycanthrosaurus\n lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm\n\n--\nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "<1171517731.12822.1174735523@webmail.messagingengine.com>", "from": { "name": "Rex Lycanthrosaurus", "address": "lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm" }, "date": "2007-02-15T05:35:31+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Wolfe News", "in_reply_to": "<1163973406.24512.276497917@webmail.messagingengine.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Sadly, Latro IV does not seem to be on the docket, but Wolfe's next two\nnovels sound, uh, interesting.\n\nFor details, see:\n\nhttp://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=5&id=40135" }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": " Rex Lycanthrosaurus\n lycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm\n\n-- \nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users:\n http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Nils Göransson", "address": "nils.goransson at skatteverket.se" }, "date": "2007-02-15T06:01:21+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Ang. Wolfe News", "in_reply_to": "<1171517731.12822.1174735523@webmail.messagingengine.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The two projects the article is referring to are novellas, I think.\nThe only book they are discussing is 'Pirates Freedom', after that no one \nknows yet...\n\nBut, let’s face it, anything that comes out of Wolfes pen will be read by \nus!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nH?lsningar,\n\n NissE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of \nthinking we were at when we created them.\" - Albert Einstein" } ] }, { "message_id": "<786384.61626.qm@web50108.mail.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Mike Myers", "address": "mimyerspdt at yahoo.com" }, "date": "2007-02-28T12:56:25+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Wolfe News", "in_reply_to": "<1171517731.12822.1174735523@webmail.messagingengine.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I'm hoping pirate-boy is not a naive, 18-year-old, first person narrator who has lost his memory.\n\nRex Lycanthrosaurus wrote: Sadly, Latro IV does not seem to be on the docket, but Wolfe's next two\nnovels sound, uh, interesting.\n\nFor details, see:\n\nhttp://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=5&id=40135" }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Rex Lycanthrosaurus\nlycanthrosaurus at fastmail.fm\n\n-- \nhttp://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users:\nhttp://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html" } ] } ] }