Urth Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2
The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 06 Sep 2007
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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.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes — 06 Sep 2007, 16:52
  in reply to Matthew Groves

> On 9/5/07, Matthew Groves <matthewalangroves at gmail.com> 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.

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