Gene Wolfe Biography

The Urth list — 4 messages, 3 voices, 28 Nov 2012
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/6324

Mark Lewin28 Nov 2012, 14:03
Hi all, I figured this was the place to ask this question! Having just read /This is Me, Jack Vance/, I was thinking how much I'd enjoy reading a Wolfe biography, or better still, an autobiography. Does anyone know if Wolfe has ever hinted at such a work? Or have any of you die-hard Wolfe scholars contemplated writing a biography? Thanks in advance, Mark
Ryan Dunn28 Nov 2012, 15:03

↳ in reply to Mark Lewin

Honestly, I'd rather see a Gene Wolfe documentary in the style of Errol Morris. The documentary would need to be convincing, and full of useful memoir-style anecdotes, but ultimately a hoax, a lie, and a puzzle, structured like a Wolfe short story. I would call it: "DO NOT TRUST THIS FILM AS FAR AS YOU CAN THROW IT (TRUST IT WITH YOUR LIFE)" Or, alternately: "UNTRUSTWORTHY" Neil Gaiman would produce it and appear in it, of course. Maybe help write it along with Wolfe? ...ryan Sent from my iPhone
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On Nov 28, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Mark Lewin <mark at marklewin.com> wrote: Hi all, I figured this was the place to ask this question! Having just read This is Me, Jack Vance, I was thinking how much I'd enjoy reading a Wolfe biography, or better still, an autobiography. Does anyone know if Wolfe has ever hinted at such a work? Or have any of you die-hard Wolfe scholars contemplated writing a biography? Thanks in advance, Mark _______________________________________________
Mark Lewin28 Nov 2012, 15:24

↳ in reply to Ryan Dunn

Ha! Now there's a thought ...
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On 28/11/12 15:03, Ryan Dunn wrote: Honestly, I'd rather see a Gene Wolfe documentary in the style of Errol Morris. The documentary would need to be convincing, and full of useful memoir-style anecdotes, but ultimately a hoax, a lie, and a puzzle, structured like a Wolfe short story.
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes28 Nov 2012, 16:17

↳ in reply to Mark Lewin

Given a choice between an autobiography and one more novel, I'll take the novel.
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On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Mark Lewin <mark at marklewin.com> wrote: Hi all, I figured this was the place to ask this question! Having just read This is Me, Jack Vance, I was thinking how much I'd enjoy reading a Wolfe biography, or better still, an autobiography. Does anyone know if Wolfe has ever hinted at such a work? Or have any of you die-hard Wolfe scholars contemplated writing a biography? Thanks in advance, Mark _______________________________________________

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