Well, since it was recently mentioned that some Catholics miss the old Latin mass, I thought I would add that Wolfe is one of those. I have discussed his faith with him a little bit (since we are both Catholic), and he says that taking away the Latin mass deprived the church of much of its universal community.
I believe Michael stated:
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However, the imp in me
is reminded of similar things done comically--was it in ZORBA THE GREEK
that the woman determined that the way to world peace was for all the wives
of the military men to refuse to have sex with their husbands if they
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engaged in war?
I haven't read Zorba the Greek, but I believe Euripede's Lysistrata is about exactly that. The women get together and refuse to have sex with the men until they stop fighting. Perhaps Kazantzakis borrowed from Euripedes. (They are both dealing with Greece).
Also, race is kind of interesting in Wolfe. There is the slave in the Latro books, but there is also a large Chinese presence in There are Doors and Peace. (Mr. Borski and I have discussed the import of all the Chinese artifacts a little bit from opposite sides; I would say they are positive images. The Chinese man in There are Doors is pretty stereotyped, but he is also a "true brother" to Mr. "Green". I don't know. If we accept that Hethor is Korean (Kim Lee Song) then that doesn't bode too well for Asian races in his text. I guess that's about it... Marc Aramini