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09...buy <A HREF="http://www.thplay.com/" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A>,cheap <A HREF="http://www.gamesalevip.com/" REL="nofollow">wow gold</A>,wow power leveling.<br />09.05.11Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-14078962209583117032008-08-02T06:55:00.000-07:002008-08-02T06:55:00.000-07:00The reference to annotating my books was definitel...The reference to annotating my books was definitely a paraphrase,and I think from a work by a major writer, but I cannot remember which or who, alas.<BR/><BR/>Like so many other things I keep repeating, if I'd known how significant it was going to be to my mental ecology, I'd have jotted down a citation.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-30668358621450372342008-07-31T15:44:00.000-07:002008-07-31T15:44:00.000-07:00Fred wrote: 'As for your opening paragraph, it rin...Fred wrote: 'As for your opening paragraph, it rings a bell. Is that a paraphrase of somebody else's statement?'<BR/><BR/>Fred, that's somewhere in the text of 'The Castle of the Otter' though I misremember where. Gene Wolfe talks about the fourth book in TBOTNS as being referred to - in advertising copy - as 'The Castle of the Otter', then 'The Castle of the Autarch', then finally the proper name. <BR/><BR/>I loved his Kenneth Grahame quote that graces the beginning of the book...how utterly proper.Bruce Chrumkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08904484970411116769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-27994766109784402612008-07-31T08:42:00.000-07:002008-07-31T08:42:00.000-07:00I have the SFBC edition of "Castle of the Otter" (...I have the SFBC edition of "Castle of the Otter" (calling it "Catle" is a pretty amusing iteration of how the name came to be to begin with!) and a (legit, sold by the author) photocopy of "Lexicon Urthus". Couldn't afford a real copy! <BR/><BR/>I'm glad to see it reissued. It is invaluable.<BR/><BR/>As for your opening paragraph, it rings a bell. Is that a paraphrase of somebody else's statement?Frederick Paul Kiesche IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17503079579685008728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-20822061950670463642008-07-31T08:25:00.000-07:002008-07-31T08:25:00.000-07:00That was, properly, THE CASTLE OF THE OTTER, not C...That was, properly, THE CASTLE OF THE OTTER, not CATLE. Considering that Gene wrote the book after THE CASTLE OF THE AUTARCH was so incorrectly credited in (I think, but I could be wrong) Locus, I really should be at this point playing with the idea of writing a pastiche titled THE CATTLE OF THE OTTER.<BR/><BR/>Alas, I lack Gene's energy. Who can keep up with the man?Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-25283833785834239762008-07-29T07:34:00.000-07:002008-07-29T07:34:00.000-07:00Even more alarming are Gene Wolfe's Cheap Street p...Even more alarming are Gene Wolfe's Cheap Street publications! A first of 'Bibliomen' or 'Empires of Foliage and Flower' can set you back $450.00. Each!<BR/><BR/>And don't get me started on his five Solstice chapbooks. All exquisite.<BR/><BR/>I just received Wyrm's hc of 'Memorare' and after polishing that off, had to reread 'Strange Birds' and 'Christmas Inn'. And, yes, they get even better.Bruce Chrumkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08904484970411116769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-6359647107727415712008-07-29T05:29:00.000-07:002008-07-29T05:29:00.000-07:00Consider what a copy of the original edition of TH...Consider what a copy of the original edition of THE CATLE OF THE OTTER would go for -- it was the first publication of Ziesing Books and came out in an edition of fifty copies! It sold out instantly.<BR/><BR/>I asked Mark Ziesing why he'd issued it in such a small edition and he growled, "Because I didn't know what I was doing." He got better, though.Michael Swanwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-16963999394951547272008-07-25T09:28:00.000-07:002008-07-25T09:28:00.000-07:00Hi Michael,I checked out what my first of Lexicon ...Hi Michael,<BR/><BR/>I checked out what my first of Lexicon Urthus might go for on abebooks. Great Bog! There's five copies that range from $180 to $400. There's one measly copy of his chapbook, 'Talk of Mandrakes', going for $200. The Man is getting pricier to collect and deservedly so.<BR/><BR/>Have a great time at your reading; loved that novelette.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>BruceBruce Chrumkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08904484970411116769noreply@blogger.com