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Welcome, Ryan!<BR>
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Pedro<BR> <BR>
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From: ryan@liftingfaces.com<BR>Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:54:17 -0400<BR>To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>Subject: (urth) An Introduction...<BR><BR>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Hello,</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">My name is Ryan Dunn.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">I know many of you are long-time participants here on the <A href="http://urth.net/">urth.net</A> mailing list. I am humbled by much of your prowess and breadth of knowledge on things both inside and out of Wolfe's Whorl.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">About me, briefly...</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">I am a commercial film director living and working in New York City (<A href="http://www.ladies-gentlemen.tv/">www.ladies-gentlemen.tv</A>). I recently moved from Barrington, IL, where I worked in Chicago for a cumulative 7 years.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">But perhaps the only real tidbit you might care to know about me at this point is that, while working in Chicago, I was fortunate enough to have lived five doors down from Mr. Wolfe himself, and have found him to be one of the kindest neighbors a man and his family could ask for. Having watched him walk his dogs (first Calamity Jane and then Bobby) on a daily basis, we formed a very passing, but endearing relationship.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Attempting to have conversations with him, however, was a bit like asking a toddler to contrast and compare Dickens against Shakespeare. I, of course, was the toddler. I remember one incident where a compliment from me on his latest book, "An Evil Guest," quickly evolved into a history lesson from Gene on when the Egyptians attempted to invade the Greek Islands.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Wolfe was in fact my favorite author before I moved to Barrington (which quite coincidentally is where my wife was born and raised). I went through genre writing both quiality (Tolkien, Gibson, Stephenson) and questionable (Rowling, Goodkind, Jordan) before arriving at Wolfe's doorstep. But once I discovered him, all other writers could do little more than pale in comparison. I did not have any clue where Mr. Wolfe lived when we moved into that quaint village, so imagine my surprise when my father-in-law informed me!</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">At any rate, I simply wanted to say hello, share my background, unique story about Gene Wolfe, and that I hope to add to -- and use this list in the future -- for reasons both selfish and social. I am a fan of the <A href="http://urth.net/">urth.net</A> group, and have been reading passively for many years (it is a bit of work to try and stay current with these discussions!).</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Hope to join the debate some time soon.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">...ryan</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 14px Helvetica; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">P.S. Also, I'm going to pretend he used my surname as inspiration for his main character in The Sorcerer's House, Baxter Dunn. A man can pretend, can't he?</DIV></SPAN></DIV> <br /><hr />Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Sign up now.</a></body>
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