(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 112, Issue 21

Tue Dec 17 06:46:01 PST 2013

I'm usually quiet on this list, but appreciate its discussions every day. I 
find Ms. Rosemary's passing quite sad. I have never met Mr. or Mrs. Wolfe, 
though for a while I lived approximately near them in Chicago.

I would like to send flowers, or a brief simple card, to Mr. Wolfe's 
family. This gentleman's stories have been in my life since I was a kid. I 
could send them care of the his publisher, Tor Books, and that would be 
respectful of the family's privacy. Are other people on this list doing 
anything similar?

Eric

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Blue of cheek ... pale. That is how I read it. Since Severian is unusually 
pale, I would suppose she would be commenting on that paleness. In certain 
wan light the cheek might look blue.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Re:  Editor in China requesting help with translation of
      certain sentences in BotNS (Antonin Scriabin)
   2. Re:  Rosemary Wolfe, R.I.P. (aaron)

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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 15:54:56 -0500
From: Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (urth) Editor in China requesting help with translation
	of certain sentences in BotNS
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Well, "bluer of cheek" is a variation on the term "blue-blood", of course 
a
reference to nobility ... you could see the surface veins of those who,
because of their stature in society, had very pale skin (they didn't have
to work outside at physical labor, thus acquiring a tan).

In Solitaire, a black (or red) Jack is placed "on top" of a Queen of the
opposite color (and a different suit, necessarily) ... so perhaps the
"elector" is the Jack and the "patroness" is the Queen?

"Theocenter" might simply mean "godhead", or a reference to the oneness 
and
simplicity thereof, as the root of all existence, in a Judeo-Christian
sense.  But don't quote me.

Not sure about the other one, I'll have to page through my copy at home to
get the full context.

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen <
danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Got this alert from the Goodreads Gene Wolfe group:
>
>
> 
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1614149-help-some-details-in-the-shadow
?utm_medium=email&utm_source=comment_instant#comment_88705259
>
> "I am a SF editor & Wolfe fan in China, and we are trying to publish The
> Book of New Sun in Chinese. I've done a lot of work in reading and
> translation , yet there are still some sentences I can't understand. Hope 
I
> can get some help here.
>
> THE HOUSE AZURE
> While I was undressing I said, ?Nevertheless, we all seek to discover 
what
> is real. Why is it? Perhaps we are drawn to the theocenter. That?s what 
the
> hierophants say,that only that is true.?
>
> what does "theocenter" mean? I can't find this word in dictionary nor 
can
> I google it. and what does the whole sentence mean?
> --------------------------------------------
> THE LAST YEAR
> I carried them to her, and she said my beard had shot up like them, and 
I
> should be bluer of cheek than the run of common men, and the next day
> begged my pardon for it, saying I was that already.
>
> what does "bluer of cheek"and " run of common men" mean here?
> -----------------------------------------
> DORCAS
> ?Your pardon, sieur,? he said. ?But I can?t come no nearer. Wet she may
> be, but she gets too dry for me, or you couldn?t walk upon it.
>
> Does "she" refer to the boat or Cas' body? what does the sentence mean?
>
> ------------------------------------------
> THE PLAY
> confirm the outcome of a love affair by putting the elector of one suit
> atop the patroness of another
>
> If the word suit refer to the some card game, then what does 
"elector"and
> "patroness"mean?"
>
> --
> Daniel Otto Jack Petersen
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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 16:16:38 -0500
From: aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: (urth) Rosemary Wolfe, R.I.P.
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Sorry to hear this.  I know how loss feels as I lost my brother and
grandmother within a week of one another at the end of November.  What a
year.

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 1:53 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes 
<danldo at gmail.com>wrote:

> It is sad news, but it has been coming a long time. May she be at peace
> and Mr Wolfe also.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Antonin Scriabin <
> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> That's terrible :-(
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Fred Kiesche 
<godelescherbach at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> http://floggingbabel.blogspot.com/2013/12/a-farewell-to-rosemary.html
>>>
>>> Oh, no.
>>>
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>>> scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented 
with
>>> Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at 
Bernal
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