during our wait for RTTWWhorl

Like Mr. Lebling aka Vizcacha, I also ordered the Dying Earth omnibus. The pleasure of these tales remains undimmed though I first discovered them while considerably shorter. But a spaceship? Heehee, hopefully it will lead more people to sample its riches than the magical spacecastle or something too fantasyesque. Someone has probably already brought this up, but there is a truly neato (and a bit Wolfean) webpuzzle out there called Planetarium at www.beholder.com (I think that's right-might be co.uk). I think it will appeal to most denizens of this list, since it involves surreal plot convolutions and imagery, plus a bonanza of embedded and entwined word and logic puzzles-whoopee! Best of all, it comes in 12 weekly installments, so by the time you're through, RTTW should be around. I surely have high hopes for RTTW...the Short Sun series, while undisputably the work of a master, has so far given me brain cramps, as well as leaving me emotionally chilly. Well, I suppose Wolfe had been spoiling me. I do love the series, but it's a different sort of love. BTW, I just read The Gift by Patrick O'Leary, and then promptly reread it. Wow. Thank you, sir.

No one else has mentioned this web site that I am aware of. The URL for the Planetarium site is: http://www.beholder.co.uk/ beholder.com is something else entirely. I haven't had a chance to actually look at the site yet, but I look forward to it.