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The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 02 Nov 1997
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Paul C Duggan02 Nov 1997, 17:30original
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observation, after reading Cordwainer Smith's "A Planet Named Shayol," that where at one time people wrote gory descriptions of Hell with the purpose of putting a genuine fear of God into people, several modern science fiction writers have written gory stories about Hell with the (seemingly intended) effect of making the reader say, "surely this cannot be."
Who else? I'm curious.
Niven's "Inferno"? "I am an impure thinker. I am hurt, swayed, shaken, | paul + | + elated, disillusioned, shocked, comforted, and I | --|-- have to transmit my mental experiences lest I die." | + | + -- Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy | pduggan at world.std.com
Michael Straight03 Nov 1997, 08:32original

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On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Paul C Duggan wrote: [Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other works]
observation, after reading Cordwainer Smith's "A Planet Named Shayol," that where at one time people wrote gory descriptions of Hell with the purpose of putting a genuine fear of God into people, several modern science fiction writers have written gory stories about Hell with the (seemingly intended) effect of making the reader say, "surely this cannot be."
Who else? I'm curious.
Niven's "Inferno"?
Arguably, Harlan Elison's "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream" can be read this way. -Rostrum

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