(urth) IROSF

[John Watkins]

Gene seems to me to be too coy to do that outright.  I imagine the One True
God would act through an intermediary of some sort.  The members of this
list could probably come up with six or seven plausible answers for the time
period without much trouble.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:26 PM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:

> Palestine is not far from Egypt (and it is real, real close to Sidon).
> Palestine under Persian rule is more peaceful than it has been before or
> since. The second Temple is an operating reality. Do you think he might
> find a more benevolent God in Jerusalem?
>
>
>
>
>
> .
>
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> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:11 PM, <brunians at brunians.org> wrote:
> >
> >> But how would the Latro series conclude?
> >>
> >> He's already been home and forgotten all about it.
> >>
> >
> > Beats me.  I got lost during Sidon.  I think he needs miraculous
> > intervention of some sort, but he's had countless opportunities for it
> and
> > instead been the pawn of basically every diety he encounters to one
> degree
> > or another.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Now he's short his sword and (I misremember) does he actually remember
> >> his
> >> sword or has he forgotten it?
> >>
> >> I was hoping that Latro would get to India, where there are ancient
> >> stories about really advanced technology (like machine guns and rocket
> >> launchers, cloning, artificial wombs, several kinds of aircraft, nuclear
> >> weapons ...).
> >>
> >> I'll certainly read whatever Wolfe comes up with, of course.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> .
> >>
> >>
> >> > Are we talking about a hypothetical backstory to the Red Sun Whorl (a
> >> > Clawmarillion), or a hypothetical collection of Gene Wolfe's ideas,
> >> > thoughts, unused notions, etc. (a History of Briah) ?
> >> >
> >> > Regarding hypothetical books by Wolfe, I crave a fourth and concluding
> >> > Latro
> >> > book above all else.  Gene has two other projects scheduled, but I'm
> >> > hopeful
> >> > that he'll do a fourth Latro after that.  I think we're done with the
> >> Sun,
> >> > so to speak.
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Matthew Groves
> >> > <matthewalangroves at gmail.com>wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 8:41 AM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> > I agree with Michael that The Urth of the New Sun *was* necessary.
> >> I
> >> >> also
> >> >> > think a Simarillion of the New Sun would greatly increase the
> >> general
> >> >> > enjoyment and popularity of the books.
> >> >>
> >> >> I call this hypothetical and much-desired-by-me book The
> >> Clawmarillion.
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