geography (NLSC)

Joshua A. Solomon · 22 Feb 1997, 14:43 · from whorl-v0003.mbox · original

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From: "Joshua A. Solomon" <j.solomon at ucl.ac.uk>
Subject: (whorl) geography (NLSC)
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 14:43:02 +0000
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[Posted from Whorl, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

Advance apologies for lack of LONG SUN content.
Previously, someone mentioned literary criticism of Wolfe. Has anyone
ever compiled a bibliography of Wolfe criticism? One puzzle from the=20
NEW SUN that intrigued me was geography. Assuming that Urth resembles=20
Earth, where are Nessus, Gyoll, etc. today? I can=12t remember all of the=20
relevant clues (Nessus is on a delta; downstream is the sea; upstream is
mountains and a warmer climate), but I was led to believe that Gyoll=20
might be the Parna river in Argentina and Nessus might be in the=20
vicinity of Buenos Aires. Alternatively, Gyoll might be the Uruguay=20
(Argentina=12s border with Uruguay). There=12s a town on the Uruguay called=20
Salto which might correspond to NEW SUN=12s Saltus.

bee

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