(urth) Good afternoon Urth
Eric Bourland
eb at hwaet.com
Wed Nov 15 19:02:34 PST 2017
Which one of you borrowed my copy of Endangered Species? ;-)
Except seriously I can't find it. It was a beat-to-hell copy of the
mass-market softcover Tor edition from 1990 with the orange cover and
the puffer-fish-lookin' critter on the cover. I have two shelves for
Wolfe and usually it's right there. . . . ah, well. I will ask for it
for Christmas.
I was doing research on sundials, and was reminded of A Solar Labyrinth,
which I re-read today. I can never decide if it's creepy or . . . .
well, it's creepy.
None of this is here or there. I have a lot more chatty appreciation of
Wolfe than learned exegesis, so mostly I pipe down and read the list,
enjoying it when there are active conversations. There's a Facebook
group where all of this chatty nonsense finds a more appropriate home.
Some questions, for those who wish to answer:
1) What are you reading?
2) What are you writing, if anything?
Eric
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Eric Bourland
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On 11/15/2017 3:44 PM, Charles Gillingham wrote:
> Some messages go to my spam. Beyond that, the list is quiet unless
> Marc is posting something. Any of us can change that.
>
> On Nov 15, 2017 5:43 AM, "Paul Rydeen" <rydeen at bellsouth.net
> <mailto:rydeen at bellsouth.net>> wrote:
>
> I wasn’t sure if the list was just quiet or if the list server was
> missing me again. Looks like it’s both. I received Charles’
> email about dessert but I didn’t receive any of the other emails
> quoted in this thread.
>
>
>
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> On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 12:25 AM, Charles Gillingham
> <charlesgillingham at gmail.com <mailto:charlesgillingham at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> "Sure thing Gene, I'll make some dessert... if you tell me why
> Severian didn't have children..."
>
> On Nov 13, 2017 7:12 PM, "Eric Bourland" <eb at hwaet.com
> <mailto:eb at hwaet.com>> wrote:
>
> http://locusmag.com/2017/11/ wolfe-update/
> <http://locusmag.com/2017/11/wolfe-update/>
>
> FYI. What do you suppose a Care Facility is?
>
> If I were still in Illinois I would volunteer to go to
> Peoria and help out in some way -- wash dishes or cook or
> do laundry or walk the dog or something -- though I can
> imagine a thousand ways in which such assistance however
> well-meant would quickly become misguided and awkward.
>
> Marc, I'm looking forward to reading thoroughly your
> three-volume exegesis. I have returned repeatedly to the
> only volume I have seen so far, which is the first.
>
> Eric
>
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> Eric Bourland
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>
> On 11/12/2017 12:44 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
>> Thanks ... I looked at Land Across again yesterday. The
>> problem is multifoliate - I am not entirely burnt out but
>> I am waiting for the light of stability to hit and
>> solidify all the small details. The problem involves when
>> certain scenes in late wolfe should be taken
>> metaphorically: border guards say the factories make
>> fertilizer, official instructs grafton on how to get rid
>> of the willows (which make him think of god and heaven)
>> and the bees (which make him think of hell) by putting
>> plenty of fertilizer down, planting fruit trees (symbols
>> of a strong man who instills fear even after his death in
>> this story) ... how much of a metaphorical prophecy is
>> that? He avoids the sting of the bees by thinking of
>> martya’s hips sexually... seems metaphorical. Later he
>> speculates on the actual use of the factories making
>> “fertilizer”
>>
>> I feel an immense responsibility in getting these last
>> few works right as well, though the plan was to leave
>> borrowed man a bit open ended (thousands of pages of
>> authoritarian tyranny followed by, well, I guess you guys
>> can read it how you want ... leave em smiling when you
>> go. There’s nothing I can do after I am done which will
>> ever equal the importance of this. )
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, November 12, 2017, Ab de Vos <foxyab at casema.nl
>> <mailto:foxyab at casema.nl>> wrote:
>>
>> Everybody is holding his breath for Marc to finish.
>>
>>
>> Op 12-11-2017 om 11:55 schreef Paul Zinn-Justin:
>>> Lately, each time I receive a message from this
>>> mailing list, especially after a long period of
>>> silence, I can't help feeling "this is going to be
>>> sad news". Am I the only one?
>>> Slowly catching up on Wolfe short stories. Enjoying
>>> Marc's write ups.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Ab de Vos
>>> <foxyab at casema.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The list is silent these days.
>>>
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