Gene Wolfe's literary portrait of Neil Armstrong
The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 26 Aug 2012
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6285

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Daniel Petersen — 26 Aug 2012, 21:02

I thought you folks would appreciate being reminded that Wolfe actually
composed his own tribute to Neil Armstrong back in 1980:

http://silkandhornheresy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/this-warrior-of-dead-world-gene-wolfes.html

While I'm at it, does this reminiscence from Armstrong not sound rather
Wolfean?

"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.
I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet
Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." (Neil
Armstrong)


*URTHRISE:*
[image: 9.3 Earth seen from the Moon]

-DOJP

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