Father Inire and SF loathing

don doggett · 12 Jun 2006, 06:03 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: kingwukong at yahoo.com (don doggett)
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 23:03:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Father Inire and SF loathing
In-Reply-To: <BAY103-F2018E1E9E3BF925C653C74D7890 at phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20060612060345.24075.qmail at web32408.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I've found that I have no hate in my heart for any
SF/fantasy writers (though there's plenty I have no
desire to read). It's all reserved for "literary"
fiction writers who pretend to something that SF is
fortunately not burdened with- SIGNIFICANCE (note the
caps). It's pretence that sickens me, not bad writing.
But, back to Wolfe:

--- b sharp <bsharporflat at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just curious about people's opinions.  Father Inire
> never makes an official, 
> announced appearance in BotNS. Are there some who
> think he is forever an 
> absent character like Norm's wife in Cheers or
> Niles' wife in Frazier?

That's an excellent question. Up until your posts I
suppose I was of the bent that Inire was mostly an
offstage character. I feel certain that he his the
medicine man who guides Sev and the ascians and I also
believe he is the "naked one" in the tale of fish and
frog. Hidden once, hidden twice, hidden x times, okay,
but you still haven't quite sold me. I'm listening
though.

Don

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