{ "export": { "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6814", "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": 6814, "subject": "Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)", "messages": 4, "voices": 4, "first": "2019-04-16T20:56:00+00:00", "last": "2019-04-16T23:22:40+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Robert Pirkola", "address": "rpirkola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2019-04-16T20:56:00+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "\"A thousand ages in thy sight / Are like an evening gone; / Short as the watch that ends the night / Before the rising sun.\" The Shadow of the Torturer.\n\nGoodnight, Gene.\n\nHere is a link to Tor's obit: https://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/\n[https://i2.wp.com/www.tor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gene-wolfe_crop.jpg?fit=821%2C+9999&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C452px&ssl=1]\n\nAuthor and Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019 | Tor.com\nThe science fiction and fantasy community has lost a beloved icon. We are extremely sad to report that author and SFWA Grand Master Gene Wolfe passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019 after his long ...\nwww.tor.com" } ] }, { "message_id": "<86288900-422f-5648-9f3e-94160a72f7f0@casema.nl>", "from": { "name": "Ab de Vos", "address": "foxyab at casema.nl" }, "date": "2019-04-16T23:05:57+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "The text is a citation/paraphrase or strongly reminiscent of Psalm 90:2-6\n\n\n\nOp 16-4-2019 om 22:56 schreef Robert Pirkola:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "\"A thousand ages in thy sight / Are like an evening gone; / Short as \nthe watch that ends the night / Before the rising sun.\"? The Shadow of \nthe Torturer.\n\nGoodnight, Gene.\n\nHere is a link to Tor's obit: \nhttps://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/\n\n\t\nAuthor and Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019 | Tor.com \n\nThe science fiction and fantasy community has lost a beloved icon. We \nare extremely sad to report that author and SFWA Grand Master Gene \nWolfe passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019 after his long ...\nwww.tor.com\n\n\n\n\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "<1271807045.590244.1555456365177@mail.yahoo.com>", "from": { "name": "John Barach", "address": "jbarach at aol.com" }, "date": "2019-04-16T23:12:45+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)", "in_reply_to": "<86288900-422f-5648-9f3e-94160a72f7f0@casema.nl>", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "These lines are from Isaac Watts's paraphrase of Psalm 90, \"O God, Our Help in Ages Past,\" sometimes \"Our God, Our Help in Ages Past\" (depending on your hymnal):\nOur?God, our help in ages past,\nOur hope for years to come,\nOur shelter from the stormy blast,\nAnd our eternal home.\n\nUnder the shadow of Thy throne\nStill may we dwell secure;\nSufficient is Thine arm alone,\nAnd our defence is sure.\n\nBefore the hills in order stood,\nOr earth received her frame," }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "From everlasting Thou art God," }, { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "To endless years the same.A thousand ages in Thy sight\nAre like an evening gone;\nShort as the watch that ends the night\nBefore the rising sun.Time, like an ever rolling stream,\nBears all its sons away;\nThey fly, forgotten, as a dream\nDies at the opening day.Our God, our help in ages past,\nOur hope for years to come,\nBe Thou our guard while troubles last,\nAnd our eternal home.\n\nJohn\n\n\n-----Original Message-----\nFrom: Ab de Vos \nTo: urth \nSent: Tue, Apr 16, 2019 6:06 pm\nSubject: Re: (urth) Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)\n\n The text is a citation/paraphrase or strongly reminiscent of Psalm 90:2-6 \n \n Op 16-4-2019 om 22:56 schreef Robert Pirkola:\n \n \n#yiv5800591360 P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} \"A thousand ages in thy sight / Are like an evening gone; / Short as the watch that ends the night / Before the rising sun.\"? The Shadow of the Torturer. \n Goodnight, Gene. \n Here is a link to Tor's obit:??https://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/\n \n| | Author and Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019 | Tor.com The science fiction and fantasy community has lost a beloved icon. We are extremely sad to report that author and SFWA Grand Master Gene Wolfe passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2019 after his long ... www.tor.com |\n\n \n \n \n \n _______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Fernando Gouvea", "address": "fqgouvea at colby.edu" }, "date": "2019-04-16T23:22:40+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Gene Wolfe (1931-2019)", "in_reply_to": "<86288900-422f-5648-9f3e-94160a72f7f0@casema.nl>", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "And, of course, a stanza of a famous hymn.\n\nFernando" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, Apr 16, 2019 at 7:06 PM Ab de Vos wrote:\nThe text is a citation/paraphrase or strongly reminiscent of Psalm 90:2-6\n\n\n\nOp 16-4-2019 om 22:56 schreef Robert Pirkola:\n\n\"A thousand ages in thy sight / Are like an evening gone; / Short as the\nwatch that ends the night / Before the rising sun.\" The Shadow of the\nTorturer.\n\nGoodnight, Gene.\n\nHere is a link to Tor's obit:\nhttps://www.tor.com/2019/04/15/gene-wolfe-in-memoriam-1931-2019/\n\nAuthor and Grand Master Gene Wolfe, 1931-2019 | Tor.com\n\nThe science fiction and fantasy community has lost a beloved icon. We are\nextremely sad to report that author and SFWA Grand Master Gene Wolfe passed\naway on Sunday, April 14, 2019 after his long ...\nwww.tor.com\n\n\n\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }