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[Charles Gillingham]

"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> wrote:

> 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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>
> 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> 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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