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(Quote) I think, based on what you and @dr_mitch said, that it's a good book choice - if fact I bought a copy against the probability that we do it one day. As for helping out - I'll do it if nobody else steps up. I feel like I already do a lot aro…
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Severian himself gave the meaning in the previous set of chapters when he was speaking to the Agia after she freed him: (Quote) Wolfe probably liked the term for being able to convey several meanings - self-ruler as in a person who propels himself …
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Link to Audible.co.uk version currently on sale - no idea if Audible.com is also having a sale. https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Gone-to-Sea-in-a-Bucket-Audiobook/B017XX8IDM?qid=1576818316&sr=1-2&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&…
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Woot! - Gone to Sea in a Bucket is on sale at Audible.co.uk for less than the cost of a credit - boughtenanted!
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Yes @NeilNjae I’d love to discuss that, too, and that’s another reason I’m looking forward to this. @clash_bowley Has a lot of experience with the genre, both in writing RPGs and running campaigns.
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By the way, the January book marks the beginning of a new season here at the club. It’s our ninth, if I remember rightly.
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I read all the books so to support fellow members anyway, but I am looking forward to this one. I quite enjoy naval fiction, though my past forays have been limited to Age of Sail (Forester, Woodman, Kent, O’Brian), and post war (Innes).
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It occurs to me that these three books, at least, were all written for childen, and all feature a child viewpoint character who grows based on the experience. In TWOE, that's Ged. In TTOA, that's Tenar, and in TFS, that's Arren. In Tombs, I feel it…
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I liked how magic was woven into the fabric of life. Yes, mages (and to a lesser extent, wise women and men with their charms) could harness the power to do special things, but beneath this lies another level of ability - that of the craftsman to cr…
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I don't know that he's following Arren because he's humble. I think he's following Arren - or at least telling Arren he following him - so he can see what choices Arren is making. It's a test of sorts. It was already discussed in the wizard's counci…
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I'm fairly sure Revenge is one of Agia's motives, but I also wonder if there are more - like direction from Erebus? Interesting the Vodalus seems to have no idea his erstwhile servant was the Autarch. He knows Severian and the Autarch were on the c…
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I'd like to note briefly that this section should really be chapters 27-30. I've edited the OP on Paul's behalf (since he's quite busy) and re-written the summary of events to reflect these chapters. Here's the remaining schedule: Week 39 (11th Dec…
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@BarnerCobblewood always said the Leguin loved people. I agree the story is more Ged's than Arren's. And I don't disagree that it's a coming of age story - only in this case it isn't a story of one reaching manhood - Ged is already a man - but perh…
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I think @Michael_S_Miller plans to take us through all the books eventually. I remember Tehanu quite fondly, but without detail, and have no memory of the others, though I’m sure I read at least one book after Tehanu.
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(Quote) Oh, yes, absolutely. I'm a big proponent of immersive roleplaying (by this I mean the ability to think and act like your character - most terms immersive' or 'simulationist' have become too muddied to use effectively these days) and have see…
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With this question I find myself at a bit of a disadvantage. I've already read another book since finishing this one, so although I remember remarking on some setting elements, I can not longer remember what struck me. Perhaps some more comments wil…
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Certainly in a campaign-type setting, the quest for why magic is declining seems a useful plot device. One could use it as both the object of the quest (find out why magic is disappearing and how to bring it back) and as a time counter (the PCs noti…
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Magic seemed somewhat akin to religion in the story, rather than a science. For much of the book is was made out that it seemed people stopped believing in magic, and so it was ending - kind of an echo of the decline of catholicism in the English-sp…
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Ged has grown older - how old exactly isn't clear. I think it;s mentioned someone that he's only been archmage for five years, which suggests to me that he's not all that old, and still has plenty of room to grow. In this books, as in all the others…
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I found Arren archetypical. He's clearly a boy who will grow into a king. He isn't even given a name in the first chapter, I don't think - just called 'a boy'. He's destined for something - to be a king at the very least, if he doesn't turn from tha…
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Erebus and Abaia are two of the leviathans often mentioned in the series. I'm thinking one is applying pressure on Nessus and the other on Ascia. Why, or what kind of pressure - who knows. I kind of picture them as tectonic plates moving against one…
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The Autarch is many people, in the same was that Severian is also Thecla. How many people? Is collecting people a pre-requisite to being the Autarch? Will Severian become the autarch only because the autarch absorbs him and he becomes dominant? Thi…
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This 'soft dystopia' idea will be interesting to discuss. As anthologist John Joseph Adams describes it, a dystopia will seem like a utopia to some, but not to others, and society as a whole often doesn't realize what it has given up. (Image) Fro…
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@NeilNjae Would you mind posting an introductory thread in the 'Nominations' category that I can pin in the announcements section?
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I suppose not too late to change your December pick, assuming someone hasn't rushed out and bought Brave New World already.
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Also, the the flying wheels not make you think of Ezekiel? I thought it was pretty cool how they were described. (Image)
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Chaotic indeed - I like chaotic descriptions of battle - it matches what I see in the better war movies. No wonder soldiers get PTSD. On the matter of the flying girls, I'll repost the rather excellent cover picture for this book that I dug up and …
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(Quote) Interesting! I shall have to check this one out. I'm feeling tempted to re-read some Moorcock, too. But on the other hand... need to reduce that pile of unread books!
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TTRPBC NEWSLETTER - ISSUE 5 November 23 2019, Havnor Great Port, Havnor November is upon us. I don't know what it's like where you live, but we've already had our first two weeks of snow up here, so it feels like we're into that stage of fall where…
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(Quote) Clear as mud! :-) I did like the idea of the house with different floors located in different eras. Sounds perfect for a Call of Cthulhu scenario set-up! Maybe the basement is in the future - look out the basement window to see a wasteland.…