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It may be that Wolfe is following a genre convention rather than flaunting a mainstream one. One of the pearls of wisdom I obtained from the Clarion writer's workshop was a rule…
20 Aug 2006, 17:50
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I haven't read Attending Daedalus, but from your description it sounds like the kind of everything-is-political criticism that's fashionable in PoMo academia these days. I belie…
12 Jun 2006, 19:01
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I haven't read everything of Wolfe's by any stretch of the imagination, either, but you seem to be onto a pattern. Parent-child estrangement happens for just about every reason …
07 Jun 2006, 18:49
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Now I'm curious about this business of cycles. How closely does Wolfe's universe repeat itself cycle after cycle? I'm asking because this puts me in mind of one of Silk's enlig…
29 May 2006, 08:22
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Certainly there have, many involving hot tubs. ~Tristan…
20 May 2006, 19:53
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Perhaps Mamelta said so, but I seem to remember a flashback from Maytera Marble, too (instead?). She was herded onto the lander and has a clear memory of admiring one of the che…
05 May 2006, 19:27
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There are references throughout the NS books to the paleness of the plants; presumably the dying sun is not bright enough to stimulate chlorophyll production. This is contrasted…
09 Apr 2006, 18:02
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