starting book of the new sun now. totally into it so far (40 pages maybe) that is all.i think bene_geserit has read this; max??
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I voted it #1 in the SFF poll. Plan to reread again in a year or two. Miraculous books.
― til the sound of my voice will haint u (Jon Lewis), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
of COURSE you love it, you are the sci-fi guy. :)
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wolfe is probably the best living/working sci-fi writer imho
― heavy is the head that eats the crayons (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think everybody on ilx who reads these threads has gotten into this guy except for me and ledge.
― FP Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
read the first book int he series a looooooong time ago and dug it
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Monday, 23 April 2012 20:57 (1 year ago) Permalink
i recently finished my 2nd time through the whole series (including UotNS)
i floated the idea of an ILX BotNS reading club but nobody took me up on it, would still be interested
so instead of a third go through i started on "litany of the long sun" and i couldn't get into it
the next series after that has very dire-looking cover art
do not want!
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
though i do like that dude's bear-sloth companion
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 21:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Hey I've been meaning to read it, would be up for that
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 23 April 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'd also be into it.
slocki are you in new york city
― one dis leads to another (ian), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
i'm also up for the reading group
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ian I am beep me on FB if u are hangable tmrw
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Monday, 23 April 2012 22:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
Wouldn't mind doing a reading group myself.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 April 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
is that an ILB group?
― the late great, Monday, 23 April 2012 22:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
feel like thread needs a haters rolecall
― thomp, Monday, 23 April 2012 22:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Thinks there's one more that I overlooked
― FP Sorrow (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 23 April 2012 23:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
i was just talking about reading this on ilb! okay, i'll start it soon. i have all four books in hardcover.
― scott seward, Monday, 23 April 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
private press handstitched limited editions with signed cardstock insert and illustrations by this guy on etsy?
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Monday, 23 April 2012 23:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
Say what?
Truth be told haven't read enough by this guy to be a hater. Still trying to find a way in.
Wonder how book club will work because it seems like he is the kind of writer who will ask of his public, old-skool adventure game or Encyclopedia-Brown style: "on page three of volume I gave a veiled hint that THE TORTURER WAS LEFT-HANDED! Now this fact has finally become relevant. Dear Reader, you haven't been paying attention." Note: This may or may not be a real example.
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
well that's what will make the book club fun - "DIDJA NOTICE HE DID ...."
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:02 (1 year ago) Permalink
Yes but, as I forgot to add, the third time readers might SPOIL it for the rest of ud
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
spoilers can only hurt u if u let them, maaaaan
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
no slam, joking abt the craftsmanship thread, where scott has recently spent time
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
solemn oath not to spoil
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
uh, just fyi---
http://www.centipedepress.com/sf/shadow.html
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah, full circle
― THE KITTEN TYPE (contenderizer), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
http://www.centipedepress.com/sf/sword.html
^^ uh, $225? uh. at some level i appreciate spending money for a nice book but that is just insaniac pricing.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
eh, if they can find a hundred suckers, why not
― thomp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
i mean, i agree with that for sure (you see the same thing in records sometimes but rarely at that high a price.), it's fine to sell something nice at a high price, but i guess i just underestimate the demand for boutique editions of cult(ish) sf & horror novels, and even among the people who would want the book how many would be able to toss a few hundred bucks at it? like, for the four books--total price of the paperback omnibuses is somewhere around $30; for the boutique editions probably around $900. it makes me feel poor, kind of? xp about book pricing
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
people like nice stuff, disposable income, collector mentality i know. i get weirdly obsessive abt things like this for some reason.
that guy has some nice artwork on his site but i sort of wonder if i missed some scenes when i look at some of it
like what scene is this supposed to be - http://www.abalakin.de/artwork/hi_110116-tcota.jpg ... it's titled "citadel of the autarch"
http://www.abalakin.de/artworks.asp
^^ afaict all of the BotNS-related art is in the 2nd and 3rd rows from the top
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 00:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
anyway for me what is massive and inscrutable about Wolfe is not the plot or all the little asides but actually the theology of it
wolfe is a devout catholic, right? can't tell whether he's practicing critique or apologetics and when severian is supposed to be a naive barbarian and when he's preternaturally wise
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 01:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
rufus got all the lion/witch/wardrobe books at the thrift store the other day and i said to him: "you know those are all veiled christian allegories, don't you?" and maria said: "don't ruin them for him!"
― scott seward, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
it seems to me like your kids will end up being super smart & cultured.
― one dis leads to another (ian), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
Did you tell him "Aslan" was the Turkish word for lion and get him started as a language hacker?
― Stars on 45 Fell on Alabama (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 02:53 (1 year ago) Permalink
the worst
― Lamp, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 05:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's no chillwave the genre
― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 24 April 2012 08:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
wolfe or lewis?
― the late great, Tuesday, 24 April 2012 13:02 (1 year ago) Permalink