# Urth Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2 *The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 06 Sep 2007* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Matthew Groves *06 Sep 2007, 03:36* > Mo wrote: > I wonder whether Island of Doctor Death in particular represents a > playing-out of tension in Wolfe's influences between Wells and Lewis. I haven't read enough Wells to speak to that, but I do think that "tIoDDaOS" is a love note to them both. > Rostrum wrote: > You're not the only one who has seen connections between Wolfe and > Lewis. One particular standout to me that I wrote about on the list a > while back is this scene from Perelandra: > snip < I did see your post in the archives, and I had the exact same reaction to that moment in Perelandra: flashing on Silk's "I am the help." Matt G. --- ### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes *06 Sep 2007, 16:52 · in reply to Matthew Groves* > On 9/5/07, Matthew Groves wrote: > Mo wrote: >> I wonder whether Island of Doctor Death in particular represents a >> playing-out of tension in Wolfe's influences between Wells and Lewis. > I haven't read enough Wells to speak to that, but I do think that > "tIoDDaOS" is a love note to them both. I've never seen Lewis in "Dr Death," but have always seen it as a paean to Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs. ``` Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant ----- http://www.livejournal.com/users/sturgeonslawyer http://www.danehyoakes.com I am miserable, he is miserable, We are miserable. Can't we have a party? Would he rather have a party? ``` ---