Wombat's Wolfe Seminar

Michael Andre-Driussi03 Jun 2001, 08:54original as archived

↰ answers Kevin J. Maroney · by quotation

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Wombat quoted and wrote: OTOH, it does lead to an interesting notion: what if, instead of a FAQ about a book/series/story, what if there was a position tabulation, sort of like a voting ballet, showing broad points ("Participants like the piece" xx%; "Respondents dislike the piece" xx%), then medium points, down to fine detail points?

Ahah! The Wolfe Seminar! We could all get pink, red, grey, and black balls and vote on whether Severian is his own mother....

Which makes me think it might come out more like "Family Feuuud": "Survey says . . . BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is a good read!" <g> But that would be fine on two counts: it would still do the job; it would reflect the family feud nature of the discussions.<g> =mantis= Sirius Fiction Has Moved To http://www.siriusfiction.com/ *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

Alice Turner04 Jun 2001, 12:09original as archived

↳ follows Michael Andre-Driussi · by subject

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Ahah! The Wolfe Seminar! We could all get pink, red, grey, and black balls and vote on whether Severian is his own mother....

Which makes me think it might come out more like "Family Feuuud":

"Survey

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says . . . BOOK OF THE NEW SUN is a good read!" <g> But that would be fine on two counts: it would still do the job; it would reflect the family feud nature of the discussions.<g>

What, us feud? -alga *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

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