Gene Wolfe Biography
The Urth list — 4 messages, 3 voices, 28 Nov 2012
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Mark Lewin — 28 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

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Ryan Dunn — 28 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

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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
> _______________________________________________

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Mark Lewin — 28 Nov 2012, 15:24
  in reply to Ryan Dunn

Ha! Now there's a thought ...

> 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.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes — 28 Nov 2012, 16:17
  in reply to Mark Lewin

Given a choice between an autobiography and one more novel, I'll take the
novel.

> 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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