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<p>Which one of you borrowed my copy of Endangered Species? ;-)</p>
<p>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.<br>
</p>
<p>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.<br>
</p>
<p>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.<br>
</p>
<p>Some questions, for those who wish to answer:</p>
<p>1) What are you reading?</p>
<p>2) What are you writing, if anything?<br>
</p>
<p>Eric<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/15/2017 3:44 PM, Charles
Gillingham wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Some messages go to my spam. Beyond that, the list
is quiet unless Marc is posting something. Any of us can change
that. </div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 15, 2017 5:43 AM, "Paul Rydeen"
<<a href="mailto:rydeen@bellsouth.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">rydeen@bellsouth.net</a>> wrote:<br
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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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style="font-size:15px;color:#715ffa;padding-top:15px;margin-top:0">On
Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 12:25 AM, Charles
Gillingham <<a
href="mailto:charlesgillingham@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">charlesgillingham@gmail.com</a>>
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<div>"Sure thing Gene, I'll make some dessert...
if you tell me why Severian didn't have
children..."</div>
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class="m_7257166066115828595yiv1681878601gmail_quote">On
Nov 13, 2017 7:12 PM, "Eric Bourland" <<a
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moz-do-not-send="true">http://locusmag.com/2017/11/
wolfe-update/</a></p>
<p>FYI. What do you suppose a Care
Facility is?</p>
<p>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.<br
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Eric</p>
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11/12/2017 12:44 PM, Marc Aramini
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<blockquote type="cite">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”
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<div>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. )</div>
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breath for Marc to finish.<br
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<div dir="ltr">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?
<div>Slowly catching up on
Wolfe short stories.
Enjoying Marc's write ups.<br
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