new Wolfe interview

aaron19 Jan 2011, 22:57

New Wolfe interview where he talks about Home Fires among other things. Good one. http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i

Aaron Singleton

Gwern Branwen19 Jan 2011, 23:02

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote: New Wolfe interview where he talks about Home Fires among other things. Good one. http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i

I think this is the third time this interview has been posted.

gwern http://www.gwern.net

aaron19 Jan 2011, 23:18

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third time's the charm!

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote:

New Wolfe interview where he talks about Home Fires among other things. Good one.

http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i I think this is the third time this interview has been posted. -- gwern http://www.gwern.net _______________________________________________

Matthew Keeley20 Jan 2011, 03:09

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote:

New Wolfe interview where he talks about Home Fires among other things. Good one.

http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i I think this is the third time this interview has been posted.

Surely this is the first time the list has repeated itself?

Greg Bates20 Jan 2011, 03:39

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VERY good interview. I just finished Home Fires a couple of hours ago, and i'm pondering it in relation to the comments Wolfe makes. This line really makes me laugh: "if Skip had been the kind of man that Chelle's father was, I would have had a very different story, and one that I wouldn't much want to write." On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote:

New Wolfe interview where he talks about Home Fires among other things. Good one.

http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i I think this is the third time this interview has been posted.

Surely this is the first time the list has repeated itself? _______________________________________________

Craig Brewer20 Jan 2011, 04:00

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Just ordered my copy. I must say that I really look forward to completely misunderstanding it based on my own preference for an idiosyncratic reading backed up by gut reactions to esoteric references and gleanings of subtle clues that only I seem to recognize as clues! heh...

Gerry Quinn20 Jan 2011, 04:00

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote: http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i

I think this is the third time this interview has been posted. Surely this is the first time the list has repeated itself? In this cycle anyway ;-) - Gerry Quinn

Greg Bates20 Jan 2011, 04:22

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Oh, i'm absolutely certain i've completely misunderstood it. Partially because I didn't feel there was that much to misunderstand, which is always a sign with Wolfe that I haven't paid enough attention. For what it's worth, I liked it better than AEG but probably not as much as TSH. I feel like it started out really strongly, but gets completely bogged down halfway through (the action starts to disappear and get replaced with extremely long conversations where it feels like Skip is just explaining the same things to different people). The ending also felt very left-field and tacked on, which of course means I missed something. After I finish a couple other books I got with my Kindle gift card i'll revisit it (hopefully with a bit of clarifying discussion from this board.)

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On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:

http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i I think this is the third time this interview has been posted.

Surely this is the first time the list has repeated itself? In this cycle anyway ;-) - Gerry Quinn _______________________________________________

Son of Witz20 Jan 2011, 04:35

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Genuine LOL

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On Jan 19, 2011, at 8:00 PM, Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote: Just ordered my copy. I must say that I really look forward to completely misunderstanding it based on my own preference for an idiosyncratic reading backed up by gut reactions to esoteric references and gleanings of subtle clues that only I seem to recognize as clues! heh... From: Greg Bates <gregory.a.bates at gmail.com> To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 9:39:50 PM Subject: Re: (urth) new Wolfe interview VERY good interview. I just finished Home Fires a couple of hours ago, and i'm pondering it in relation to the comments Wolfe makes. This line really makes me laugh: "if Skip had been the kind of man that Chelle's father was, I would have had a very different story, and one that I wouldn't much want to write." On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote:

I think this is the third time this interview has been posted. Surely this is the first time the list has repeated itself? _______________________________________________

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