Random Wolfe spottings The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 09 Dec 2008 https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/5269 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. ============================================================================== Nigel Price — 09 Dec 2008, 10:38 Gwern Branwen wrote... > > "BUYING A HORSE > > If its feet are no good, other virtues will be wasted. > > Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois" > > > > Hm! > > > > Another Google search reveals no hits; does anyone > > recognize what the source for this might be? The short answer is "No," but the vague and not terribly helpful longer answer is "Hmmm, that rings a bell..." It could be from either of the first two soldier books, but I think it's from "The Wizard Knight". Nigel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Stockhoff — 09 Dec 2008, 20:00 follows, by subject match Nigel Price *Really useful stuff! Yes, Wizard Knight feels like the right answer. How about the rest of them? I'm not sure if that last one is because the bullet travels faster than sound, or something else is meant. Surely you can hear a gunshot and be wounded ... 158* Books thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb *BUYING A GOOD BOOK * If you're considering buying a book, open it at random and read a page. Do this three times. If you haven't stumbled onto a vital part of the story at least once, don't buy the book. Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois (LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections Current Rating: * 4.8 * out of * 10 * based on * 18 * reviews Comments (1) Mail It You must login to Rate. *1248* Horses thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb *BUYING A HORSE * If its feet are no good, other virtues will be wasted. Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois (LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections Current Rating: * 5.8 * out of * 10 * based on * 15 * reviews Comments (0) Mail It You must login to Rate. *1745* Language thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb *TRANSLATING GREEK * If you can't identify a word in a Greek sentence, it is a verb with a prefix. To figure it out, go through the lexicon chopping off one letter from the front at a time. Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois (LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections Current Rating: * 5.6 * out of * 10 * based on * 30 * reviews Comments (1) Mail It You must login to Rate. *1894* Weapons thumb thumb thumb thumb *SHOOTING AN AUTOMATIC PISTOL * When an automatic pistol malfunctions, try a new brand of ammunition and a new magazine before taking it to a gunsmith. Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois (LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections Current Rating: * 4.2 * out of * 10 * based on * 14 * reviews Comments (1) Mail It You must login to Rate. *2297* Military thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb *DODGING BULLETS * If you hear the shot, it won't kill you. Gene Wolfe, Barrington, Illinois (LR) Legacy Rule of Thumb from previously published collections Current Rating: * 5 * out of * 10 * based on * 14 * reviews Comments (0) Mail It You must login to Rate. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ brunians at brunians.org — 09 Dec 2008, 20:09 in reply to David Stockhoff > *Really useful stuff! > > Yes, Wizard Knight feels like the right answer. How about the rest of > them? > > I'm not sure if that last one is because the bullet travels faster than > sound, Yes. If there are a lot of gunshots going off at once, you may not even be able to clearly distinguish the one associated with the bullet that hit you seconds ago. What you hear are the supersonic whistles of the bullets going past (and of course if one hits you you won't hear that one). > or something else is meant. Surely you can hear a gunshot and be > wounded ... Unless you are very close, you can be wounded and then hear a gunshot, the other way doesn't work. . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------