tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post5276417396432534093..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: Michael Andre-Driussi Strikes AgainMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-40357801515760639022012-08-23T13:11:02.195-07:002012-08-23T13:11:02.195-07:00A smaller world even than you'd think - there ...A smaller world even than you'd think - there was an Ultan in the year ahead of me in high school, and a Roche in my year. Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915440101940467640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-8360039745969439282012-08-23T10:38:15.091-07:002012-08-23T10:38:15.091-07:00Hannah's Dad: you'd be surprised how often...Hannah's Dad: you'd be surprised how often I hear that.<br /><br />But seriously, I've been a fan of Wolfe ever since Severian and I encountered Master Ultan.<br /><br />My only contributions to Lupinology, though, are compiling the discussions of his "Suzanne Delage" ( http://www.gwern.net/Suzanne%20Delage ) and transcribing a short essay from _Shadows of the New Sun_ ( http://www.gwern.net/docs/2007-wolfe )gwernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349479103216755952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-91159504518076772092012-08-22T20:46:30.660-07:002012-08-22T20:46:30.660-07:00Gwern? What?
A month ago I'd never heard of y...Gwern? What?<br /><br />A month ago I'd never heard of you - then I read the astonishingly comprehensive and even handed FAQ you wrote on N-Back memory training. It's been a fascinating read - thank you for taking the time to compile it.<br /><br />And now you turn up on Michael Swanwick's blog, which I've been reading off and on for years!<br /><br />Clear proof - if any were needed - that there are really only 20 or 30 people on the internet.HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-7899182137766765072012-08-22T06:33:01.278-07:002012-08-22T06:33:01.278-07:00Typos corrected. Thanks for pointing 'em out....Typos corrected. Thanks for pointing 'em out. Mine, of course.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-76956918627615300292012-08-21T14:47:36.805-07:002012-08-21T14:47:36.805-07:002 typos in the first entry. I hope they were your ...2 typos in the first entry. I hope they were your own error in transcribing?gwernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18349479103216755952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-8774749888975936592012-08-21T00:29:42.154-07:002012-08-21T00:29:42.154-07:00I'd like to see what you have to say about &qu...I'd like to see what you have to say about "The Eyeflash Miracles." <br /><br />That one tends to be considered lesser-grade classic-period Wolfe by many. I'm not sure that's right. <br /><br />It seems to me that there's deeper stuff going on there -- in parts of it, at least -- than meets the eye. And I'm not one of those Wolfe idolators who say, "Of course, there's deeper stuff going on, it's Wolfe."<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Mark Pontinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988614518618495319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-6430296918955195652012-08-20T17:14:43.747-07:002012-08-20T17:14:43.747-07:00And the problem the human race is (in large, unkno...And the problem the human race is (in large, unknowingly) facing is the possibility of extinction! So the in-jokes actually cut to the essence. That's so very Lukosophian.<br /><br />Short stories, alas, get scanted across the board. But I'd love to see a selection of Gene's stories annotated. I could probably do the easier half of the entries for "The Eyeflash Miracles" myself.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-8809547077242725742012-08-20T16:27:31.396-07:002012-08-20T16:27:31.396-07:00"..the serious Wolfean or Wolfeist or Werwolf..."..the serious Wolfean or Wolfeist or Werwolfe or whatever the heck you'd call those of us who enjoy delving deep into the master's work..."<br /><br />Well, taking one's cue from the Master, I would say that you'd call us Lukosophists. Or possibly Eisengrimandoes.<br /><br />But that's just me. <br /><br />As a zoologist, I also greatly appreciated Wolfe's introduction of various obscure extinct and extant creatures into The Book of the New Sun, by colloquial versions of either their Classical (the alzabo) or Linnean names (those arsinotheres being ridden by Amazons in the battles in Orythia, for instance). Nice in-jokes for people such as myself.Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915440101940467640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-56697475040295725352012-08-20T16:03:18.285-07:002012-08-20T16:03:18.285-07:00Excellent - another one to add to my small stack o...Excellent - another one to add to my small stack of Wolfe criticism. <br /><br />I think one of the books I most need in the world would be an annotated reading guide to Wolfe's short stories. They seem to have been neglected a bit in published criticism (though there's plenty to be gleaned from the Urth mailing list if you're patient) and they're for the most part my favourites of his work.<br /><br />On more important things: Obviously you've been following the Pussy Riot thing, having blogged about them once. I've just found a good post on the ever reliable LaguageLog on the difficulties of rendering 'Pussy Riot' into Russian while maintaining the double entendre. Odd to think of a Russian band needing their name translated into Russian, but that's the modern world:<br /><br />http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4134<br /><br />HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.com