{ "export": { "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6040", "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": 6040, "subject": "Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "messages": 9, "voices": 4, "first": "2011-06-29T15:16:29+00:00", "last": "2011-07-01T17:44:58+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-29T15:16:29+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "This is kind of an odd question! I recently bought a first edition copy of\n\"Free Live Free\" and it looks like it is signed on the title page. I was\nwondering if anyone had any signed copies of Mr. Wolfe's books, or a way to\ntell if it is actually signed by him or not." } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Rebecca Bushong-Taylor", "address": "rebeccabt01 at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-29T15:43:24+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Hello Antonin -\n\nI've got some signed books from Gene. If you can scan the signature for me\nI can tell you if it looks authentic.\n\nRebecca Bushong-Taylor\n\nOn Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Antonin Scriabin ", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-29T16:19:41+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Thank you! I will do that this evening when I am done with work." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:43 AM, Rebecca Bushong-Taylor <\nrebeccabt01 at gmail.com> wrote:\nHello Antonin -\n\nI've got some signed books from Gene. If you can scan the signature for me\nI can tell you if it looks authentic.\n\nRebecca Bushong-Taylor\n\nOn Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "This is kind of an odd question! I recently bought a first edition copy\nof \"Free Live Free\" and it looks like it is signed on the title page. I was\nwondering if anyone had any signed copies of Mr. Wolfe's books, or a way to\ntell if it is actually signed by him or not.\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Mark Millman", "address": "markjmillman at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-29T22:46:06+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Dear Mr. Scriabin," }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Wednesday 29 June 2011, you wrote:\nThis is kind of an odd question!? I recent-\nly bought a first edition copy of \"Free\nLive Free\" and it looks like it is signed\non the title page. I was wondering if any-\none had any signed copies of Mr.\nWolfe's books, or a way to tell if it is ac-\ntually signed by him or not." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "If it's the 1984 Mark V. Ziesing edition--a folio, the dustjacket of\nwhich is illustrated with a painting of Candy running through a field\nof flowers and which is, I believe, bound in purple cloth--then yes,\nit's signed by Wolfe. All of that edition's copies are; that's one of\nits features. If I recall correctly, the books also are signed by the\ncontributing artists.\n\nThe Ziesing edition is the true first edition. The Tor edition both\nis later and has some changes from the Ziesing. WolfeWiki\n(http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree)\nfor some reason says, \"First published in a limited edition by Legend\nin England in 1984\", but that's incorrect. I imagine that the page's\nwriter confused it with another book.\n\nI hope that this proves helpful.\n\nBest,\n\nMark Millman" } ] }, { "message_id": "<896425.56687.qm@smtp818.mail.ird.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "Mo Holkar", "address": "lists at ukg.co.uk" }, "date": "2011-06-30T08:30:43+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "At 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote:\nWolfeWiki\n(http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree)\nfor some reason says, \"First published in a limited edition by Legend\nin England in 1984\", but that's incorrect. I imagine that the page's\nwriter confused it with another book." }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) -- thanks for spotting!\n\nMo\n\n\n# ~ # ~ #\n\nWolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/ " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Mark Millman", "address": "markjmillman at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-06-30T22:43:25+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "<896425.56687.qm@smtp818.mail.ird.yahoo.com>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Dear Mr. Holkar," }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Thursday 30 June 2011, Mo Holkar wrote:\nAt 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "WolfeWiki\n(http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree)\nfor some reason says,\n\"First published in a\nlimited edition by Leg-\nend in England in 1984\",\nbut that's incorrect. ?I\nimagine that the page's\nwriter confused it with\nanother book." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) --\nthanks for spotting!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "You're very welcome." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Mo\n\n\n# ~ # ~ #\n\nWolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Best,\n\nMark Millman" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-07-01T12:05:04+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Actually I just realized what a bad idea it was to attach those files to\neveryone. Sorry about that! Here they are:\n\nhttp://imgur.com/a/GOCqU" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Antonin Scriabin\nwrote:\nHere are two photos I took. The signature looks like a number of others I\nhave found online, so it might be real!\n\n\n\nOn Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Mark Millman wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Dear Mr. Holkar,\n\nOn Thursday 30 June 2011, Mo Holkar wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "At 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "WolfeWiki\n(http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree)\nfor some reason says,\n\"First published in a\nlimited edition by Leg-\nend in England in 1984\",\nbut that's incorrect. I\nimagine that the page's\nwriter confused it with\nanother book." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) --\nthanks for spotting!" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "You're very welcome." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "Mo\n\n\n# ~ # ~ #\n\nWolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Best,\n\nMark Millman\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Mark Millman", "address": "markjmillman at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-07-01T17:14:16+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Dear Mr. Scriabin," }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Friday 1 June 2011, you wrote:\nActually I just realized what a\nbad idea it was to attach those\nfiles to everyone. Sorry about\nthat!" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Please think nothing of it." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "Here they are:\n\nhttp://imgur.com/a/GOCqU" }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Thanks you for the photos.\n\nNo doubt others have already replied, but I will anyway. This looks\nlike Mr. Wolfe's signature--I have several examples, and I'm also\npretty sure that it's not worth forging--so I think that you can be\nconfident about your signed copy.\n\nBest,\n\nMark Millman" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Rebecca Bushong-Taylor", "address": "rebeccabt01 at gmail.com" }, "date": "2011-07-01T17:44:58+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Mr. Wolfe's Signature", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Hi Antonin -\n\nGene says it looks like his, bearing in mind that it was more than 25 years\nago. He no longer signs the title page, though. It's the dedication page.\n\nCongrats!\n\nRebecca" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Antonin Scriabin\nwrote:\nActually I just realized what a bad idea it was to attach those files to\neveryone. Sorry about that! Here they are:\n\nhttp://imgur.com/a/GOCqU\n\nOn Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 7:58 AM, Antonin Scriabin wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "Dear Mr. Holkar,\n\nOn Thursday 30 June 2011, Mo Holkar wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "At 23:46 29/06/2011, Mark wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 5, "text": "WolfeWiki\n(http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.FreeLiveFree)\nfor some reason says,\n\"First published in a\nlimited edition by Leg-\nend in England in 1984\",\nbut that's incorrect. I\nimagine that the page's\nwriter confused it with\nanother book." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "This has been fixed now (by DarthEd) --\nthanks for spotting!" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "You're very welcome." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "Mo\n\n\n# ~ # ~ #\n\nWolfeWiki -- a wiki about Gene Wolfe\nhttp://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "Best,\n\nMark Millman\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }