(urth) Good afternoon Urth

[David Stockhoff]

Thanks for the update.


On 11/13/2017 10:12 PM, Eric Bourland 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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> 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
>>>     <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','foxyab at casema.nl');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>         Hi,
>>>
>>>         The list is silent these days.
>>>
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