Wolfe: Misogynist Or Realist?

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 17 Oct 2006, 23:13 · from 2006-October.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:13:50 -0700
Subject: (urth) Wolfe: Misogynist Or Realist?
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H'mmm. Yes, my reading of Card is all quite early -- I think
the last one I read was "Wyrms." I'm pretty sure I remember
castration as theme in "Hart's Hope" and "Songmaster" --
I may have the title there a bit off.

Please note that I do _not_ see Wolfe as vicious,
misanthropic, or misogynistic; I've read most of his books
multiple times. It's just that I see something specific
that bothers me.

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