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Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus

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Hmpf MacSlow30 Nov 2004, 12:09as archived
Hi & a question re: Lexicon Urthus
Hi there, I've been thinking for days about what to say here and have finally come to the conclusion that there is nothing I can say that would not fall miles short of everything that's gone on here before (I've read most of the archives by now), so I'll just be shallow and say: this is an amazing list. Reading it is almost - not quite - as good as reading Wolfe himself: it expands my mind in all kinds of directions and ties my brain in all kinds of interesting knots. One question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus without selling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, bereft of the means to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book... Oh, yeah, and just because there don't seem to be many women reading Wolfe, at least not on this list, and because I realise my nick is kind of neutral, I feel the need to point out that I belong to that rare demographic. g What else to say... Well, I've read very little Wolfe so far, just the Book of the New Sun and the Urth of the New Sun, and I'm only into my second reading of The Shadow of the Torturer (read it first about a year ago, and I've only recently been able to buy and read UotNS). Still, even this limited contact with his work has propelled Gene Wolfe right to the top of my favourites list, next to Tolkien who's been there since I was 16. I think it's safe to say that no other book has impressed me as deeply since 1992, the year I first read LotR, as BotNS has. And now I'll go back to lurking, I think. Hmpf --- "Senseless property destruction has failed me, and so I must resort to wackiness." - Patrick Shaughnessy, Triangle and Robert
James Wynn30 Nov 2004, 14:05as archived
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One question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus without selling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, bereft of the means to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book...
That depends on how much your firstborn would bring. :-) The book is out of print and I'm not selling. A review of the Internet reveals that it cannot be had for less than $225. ~ Crush
Hmpf MacSlow30 Nov 2004, 14:13as archived
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That depends on how much your firstborn would bring. :-)
Not very much, considering it doesn't exist, and probably never will. ;-)
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The book is out of print and I'm not selling. A review of the Internet reveals that it cannot be had for less than $225.
Yes, I know. It's even more expensive in Europe (over 300 euros). Hence my question. Any chance of a reprint? I know Michael Andr?-Driussi posts on this list... Somewhat hopeless, Hmpf
Christopher Culver30 Nov 2004, 14:15as archived
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From: Hmpf MacSlow <hmpf1998 at gmx.net> Yes, I know. It's even more expensive in Europe (over 300 euros). Hence my question. Any chance of a reprint? I know Michael Andr?-Driussi posts on this list...
Michael Andr?-Driussi left this list quite some time ago. Christopher Culver
Maru30 Nov 2004, 18:25as archived
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Hmpf, I'm not sure what the library's are like in Europe, but in AMerica, when I want a rare, really expensive book, I put in several inter-library loan requests at my local library. You said you were a university student? Would your universitie's library have any affiliations or alliances with other libraries? You might want to look into that- could save you lots of money. ~Maru
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--- Hmpf MacSlow <hmpf1998 at gmx.net> wrote: Hi there, I've been thinking for days about what to say here and have finally come to the conclusion that there is nothing I can say that would not fall miles short of everything that's gone on here before (I've read most of the archives by now), so I'll just be shallow and say: this is an amazing list. Reading it is almost - not quite - as good as reading Wolfe himself: it expands my mind in all kinds of directions and ties my brain in all kinds of interesting knots. One question: is there any way of acquiring the Lexicon Urthus without selling my non-existent firstborn for it? I'm a poor student, bereft of the means to pay hundreds of euros or dollars for a single book... Oh, yeah, and just because there don't seem to be many women reading Wolfe, at least not on this list, and because I realise my nick is kind of neutral, I feel the need to point out that I belong to that rare demographic. g What else to say... Well, I've read very little Wolfe so far, just the Book of the New Sun and the Urth of the New Sun, and I'm only into my second reading of The Shadow of the Torturer (read it first about a year ago, and I've only recently been able to buy and read UotNS). Still, even this limited contact with his work has propelled Gene Wolfe right to the top of my favourites list, next to Tolkien who's been there since I was 16. I think it's safe to say that no other book has impressed me as deeply since 1992, the year I first read LotR, as BotNS has. And now I'll go back to lurking, I think. Hmpf --- "Senseless property destruction has failed me, and so I must resort to wackiness." - Patrick Shaughnessy, Triangle and Robert _______________________________________________

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