(urth) IROSF

[brunians at brunians.org]

It's an interesting period in Jewish history: when people talked about the
Messiah, at that time, they usually meant Cyrus the Great.



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> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>> > 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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