(urth) Wolfe in music?

[Lane Haygood]

Folk metal is a huge genre. It's practically Finland's major source of pop art. 

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On May 23, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Fewer clothes = easier costume.
> 
> It's strange now that I think about it. People who cosplay at cons are often 
> also part of the "filk" scene. (It's basically fan fiction in folk song form, 
> for those who haven't been subjected to ten+ minute renditions on David Eddings 
> plot summaries in three-chord format before, like I have...) Metal and folk 
> don't often go hand in hand, do they? Or do they? I don't know much about metal.
> 
> What kind of music does Wolfe mention in his books? I'm drawing a blank on 
> whether he describes much of the music in New/Long/Short Sun in particular.
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Lane Haygood <lhaygood at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Mon, May 23, 2011 2:09:45 PM
> Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe in music?
> 
> Shirtless guy in a mask with a sword sounds more like "how to end up as a sex 
> offender suspect" than "cool costume idea."
> 
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> 
> On May 23, 2011, at 2:05 PM, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/23/2011 2:02 PM, Daniel Petersen wrote:
>>> Of course, the really hilarious thing is that I highly doubt Gene himself is 
>>> into anything remotely like all that!  (Nor was Tolkien, who found his way into 
>>> Led Zeppelin and others.)
>> 
>> And yet I think Wolfe created Severian to appeal to that sort of audience. He 
>> has said repeatedly that initial seed to Severian was that he wanted a character 
>> fans could easily cosplay at conventions.
>> 
>> J.
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