Sorcerer's House writeup done at last.
The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 02 Jun 2018
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Marc Aramini — 02 Jun 2018, 02:07

This was tough. Late Wolfe is way trickier than I would like him to be for
my peace of mind. I suggest readers who want a head start on this and have
not stayed up to date on my posts look up the Lamia of Corinth and
Apollonius, as well as the Kikimora and the stories of Knecht Ruprecht and
Zwarte Piet, though I include all the pertinent information eventually. The
Lamia of Corinth has the ability to generate the illusion of a mansion and
servants from nothing, is ambiguously gendered (like the figure on the
golden coin from Corinth in the text), is identified by a terrible stench,
and has terrible eyes which she can remove (see the eyes of Lupine and the
vampire butler Nicholas and the stench which accompanies them.) In addition
... ... ... she drinks the blood of children. So does Nicholas the butler.
Her illusions are never pierced in this text, because she strangles
Ambrosius (as Goldwurm, of course!) and throws him in the river (In the
historical biography, Apollonius pierces though her illusions by
identifying here.) Guess what never appears in the text of the novel? You
guessed it - the name Lamia. Why you do this to me, Gene?
https://pastebin.com/B7yGz57Q

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Ab de Vos — 02 Jun 2018, 08:07
  in reply to Marc Aramini

Just being lame I suppose.


Op 2-6-2018 om 04:07 schreef Marc Aramini:

> This was tough. Late Wolfe is way trickier than I would like him to be 
> for my peace of mind. I suggest readers who want a head start on this 
> and have not stayed up to date on my posts look up the Lamia of 
> Corinth and Apollonius, as well as the Kikimora and the stories of 
> Knecht Ruprecht and Zwarte Piet, though I include all the pertinent 
> information eventually. The Lamia of Corinth has the ability to 
> generate the illusion of a mansion and servants from nothing, is 
> ambiguously gendered (like the figure on the golden coin from Corinth 
> in the text), is identified by a terrible stench, and has terrible 
> eyes which she can remove (see the eyes of Lupine and the vampire 
> butler Nicholas and the stench which accompanies them.) In addition 
> ... ... ... she drinks the blood of children. So does Nicholas the 
> butler. Her illusions are never pierced in this text, because she 
> strangles Ambrosius (as Goldwurm, of course!) and throws him in the 
> river (In the historical biography, Apollonius pierces though her 
> illusions by identifying here.) Guess what never appears in the text 
> of the novel? You guessed it - the name Lamia. Why you do this to me, 
> Gene?https://pastebin.com/B7yGz57Q
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________

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David Duffy — 04 Jun 2018, 01:44
  in reply to Marc Aramini

"Guess what never appears in the text of the novel?  I'm reminded of Umberto Eco's _Foucault's Pendulum_
which goes through alchemy, the Knights Templar, Kabbalism to Rosicrucianism, never once mentioning the Tarot 
[is it a review by Clute that points this out?]. 

Cheers, David Duffy.

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