(urth) Good afternoon Urth

[Eric Bourland]

Speaking just for me. The list is quiet, and I'm usually a dedicated 
reader of it, so I've noticed it's been quiet. As a mail server admin I 
manage a bunch of mailing lists, and have noticed that most of them are 
like creatures, active then quiet then active again and so on.

Among the stack of books I usually keep going, there's always a Wolfe. 
Right now I am re-reading A Borrowed Man. I remember gulping it down in 
an afternoon when it came out a couple of years ago. I've looked for 
news of the next one, which I think is titled Interlibrary Loan, but I 
don't see anything.

I am liking A Borrowed Man more, the second time through, maybe because 
this time I'm more aware of Smithe's efforts, sometimes unconscious, to 
assert his own humanity. One thing I noticed this time through is that 
he does pushups on his shelf. A little thing that sets him up for 
various feats of strength later in the story. Good for him!

The first time through the book I needed to overcome a visceral response 
to the way in which reclones are treated.

Have we discussed reclones in Borrowed Man? I remember a couple of 
passing conversations that I scanned but did not really consider. I need 
to go back through the Urth archives.

I'm sending Mr. Wolfe good vibes. Hope he's feeling better. I'm guessing 
he wants some privacy. When I'm not feeling well I want everyone to 
leave me alone. ;-)

Eric

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Eric Bourland
eb at hwaet.com
https://www.hwaet.com


On 11/12/2017 6:35 AM, Ab de Vos wrote:
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> Everybody is holding his breath for Marc to finish.
>
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> 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 
>> <mailto:foxyab at casema.nl>> wrote:
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>>     Hi,
>>
>>     The list is silent these days.
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