{ "export": { "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/5155", "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": 5155, "subject": "Lexicon Urthus interview", "messages": 12, "voices": 4, "first": "2008-09-25T10:35:18+00:00", "last": "2008-09-28T19:40:19+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Nigel Price", "address": "nigelaprice at talktalk.net" }, "date": "2008-09-25T10:35:18+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The latest addition to Ultan's Library (www.ultan.org.uk) is an interview\nwith Michael Andre-Driussi about the new edition of the \"Lexicon Urthus\". In\nthe interview, Michael discusses how he first came to write the Lexicon and\nhow the new revised edition came about. He explains how Gene Wolfe came to\nwrite the Foreword and how the late John Brunner briefly became involved in\nthe project. In passing, he also casts some interesting light on the\nevolution of the \"Suzanne Delage\" debate.\n\nI was fascinated to learn more about the Lexicon and hope that you too will\nenjoy the interview.\n\nAs a footnote, I ought to mention that Michael was keen to make the context\nof the interview clear and to show that he and I had actually met previously\nto discuss Wolfe-related matters. He encouraged me to find a novel way of\nrevealing this to the reader and, if you read through to the bottom of the\nweb page, I think you'll find that I failed completely!\n\nNigel" } ] }, { "message_id": "<20080925144528.BCE2848047@diego.dreamhost.com>", "from": { "name": "Mo Holkar / UKG", "address": "lists at ukg.co.uk" }, "date": "2008-09-25T14:45:37+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "At 11:35 25/09/2008, you wrote:\nIn passing, he also casts some interesting light on the evolution of \nthe \"Suzanne Delage\" debate." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "He'll be pleased, I hope, to hear that the wiki has now been updated \nto include the appropriate credits for this.\n\nbest,\n\nMo\n\n\n\n# ~ # ~ #\n\nWolfeWiki now at:\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/ " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Nigel Price", "address": "nigelaprice at talktalk.net" }, "date": "2008-09-25T15:50:44+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "<20080925144528.BCE2848047@diego.dreamhost.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Mo, thanks for updating the WolfeWiki page on \"Suzanne Delage\". Wow, that\nwas prompt!\n\nI've added a note to the text of the interview pointing out that the Wiki\narticle has now been updated to include appropriate acknowledgements.\n\nNigel" } ] }, { "message_id": "<20080925163114.3DEF148047@diego.dreamhost.com>", "from": { "name": "Mo Holkar / UKG", "address": "lists at ukg.co.uk" }, "date": "2008-09-25T16:31:25+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "At 16:50 25/09/2008, you wrote:\nMo, thanks for updating the WolfeWiki page on \"Suzanne Delage\". Wow, \nthat was prompt!\n\nI've added a note to the text of the interview pointing out that the \nWiki article has now been updated to include appropriate acknowledgements.\n\nNigel" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Great, thank you Nigel!\n\nbest wishes,\n\nMo\n\n\n# ~ # ~ #\n\nWolfeWiki now at:\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/ " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Pedro Pereira", "address": "domus_artemis at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2008-09-25T16:38:42+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Did I get it wrong or did Andre said in the interview that he already wrote a book for the Long Sun series with material from the chap books and that he has no publishing date yet? I would love a Lexicon Long/Short...\n \nPedro" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Nigel Price", "address": "nigelaprice at talktalk.net" }, "date": "2008-09-25T17:34:44+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Pedro Pereira asked:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Did I get it wrong or did Andre said in the interview\nthat he already wrote a book for the Long Sun series\nwith material from the chap books and that he has no\npublishing date yet? I would love a Lexicon Long/Short..." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Yes, Michael did say that he had the nucleus of a book about \"The Book of\nthe Long Sun\" and \"The Book of the Short Sun\" that he referred to as having\nthe working title \"Gate of Horn, Book of Silk\". As you say, the contents so\nfar assembled are based around the materials he wrote for the Long Sun\nchapbooks.\n\nIf anyone has any questions about the interview, there is a comment facility\non Ultan's Library that allows you to post your responses. If there are\nqueries, we might well be able to get Michael back to answer some of them.\n\nNigel" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Pedro Pereira", "address": "domus_artemis at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2008-09-25T17:39:34+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Thank you for your kind reply. \nIt's great to know that it's coming, I was really wishing for such a book.\n \n " } ] }, { "message_id": "<48DF45F0.5030400@io.com>", "from": { "name": "Jeff Wilson", "address": "jwilson at io.com" }, "date": "2008-09-28T08:53:04+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Nigel Price wrote:\nThe latest addition to Ultan's Library (www.ultan.org.uk) is an interview\nwith Michael Andre-Driussi about the new edition of the \"Lexicon Urthus\". In" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "This article is not linked or mentioned at the URL given. It looks as \nthough the article listing has not been updated to include it, though I \nwas able to locate it by digging." }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com\n< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >" } ] }, { "message_id": "<48DF4B05.4040506@io.com>", "from": { "name": "Jeff Wilson", "address": "jwilson at io.com" }, "date": "2008-09-28T09:14:45+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "<48DF45F0.5030400@io.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Jeff Wilson wrote:\nNigel Price wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "The latest addition to Ultan's Library (www.ultan.org.uk) is an interview\nwith Michael Andre-Driussi about the new edition of the \"Lexicon \nUrthus\". In" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "This article is not linked or mentioned at the URL given. It looks as \nthough the article listing has not been updated to include it, though I \nwas able to locate it by digging." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I'm afraid that the second Suzanne Delage link has a bogus URL that \nleads to wolfe wiki admin login instead of an article. This might not be \napparent when using the same computer the admin uses." }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com\n< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Nigel Price", "address": "nigelaprice at talktalk.net" }, "date": "2008-09-28T14:19:32+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "<48DF4B05.4040506@io.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Thanks for the debugging feedback, Jeff.\n\nThe URL for Ultan's Library is http://www.ultan.org.uk/ , which should get\nyou to the home page. The interview with Michael Andre-Driussi is in the\nBook Reviews section. The direct link for the interview is\nhttp://www.ultan.org.uk/tell-me-about-the-lexicon-urthus-an-interview-with-m\nichael-andre-driussi/ .\n\nMy apologies for the inappropriate link in the second WolfeWiki Suzanne\nDelage URL. I've fixed it now, but do shout if there's anything else I've\nmissed!\n\nCheers,\n\nNigel" } ] }, { "message_id": "<48DFC53E.9040403@io.com>", "from": { "name": "Jeff Wilson", "address": "jwilson at io.com" }, "date": "2008-09-28T17:56:14+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Nigel Price wrote:\nThanks for the debugging feedback, Jeff.\n\nThe URL for Ultan's Library is http://www.ultan.org.uk/ , which should get\nyou to the home page. The interview with Michael Andre-Driussi is in the\nBook Reviews section. The direct link for the interview is\nhttp://www.ultan.org.uk/tell-me-about-the-lexicon-urthus-an-interview-with-m\nichael-andre-driussi/ .\n\nMy apologies for the inappropriate link in the second WolfeWiki Suzanne\nDelage URL. I've fixed it now, but do shout if there's anything else I've\nmissed!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Is there a place where new additions are listed, regardless of section \nor category?" }, { "kind": "sig", "depth": 0, "text": "Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com\n< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Nigel Price", "address": "nigelaprice at talktalk.net" }, "date": "2008-09-28T19:40:19+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Lexicon Urthus interview", "in_reply_to": "<48DFC53E.9040403@io.com>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Jeff Wilson asked about Ultan's Library: \"Is there a place where new\nadditions are listed, regardless of section\nor category?\"\n\nThat's one for Jonathan to answer rather than me, because he's the website\nwizard on the Ultan's team. Funnily enough, though, I was thinking about the\nsame thing, Jeff. I have just such a section on another site I run which\nlogs new entries as they come in, so you can see when the site was last\nupdated and what was added. I'll ask Jonathan if we can do something similar\nwith Ultan's Library.\n\nThanks for the suggestion. That's a good idea.\n\nNigel" } ] } ] }