Mute reviewed, sorta

Blake Hyde · 12 May 2008, 16:22 · from 2008-May.txt.gz

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From: syrion at gmail.com (Blake Hyde)
Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 12:22:37 -0400
Subject: (urth) Mute reviewed, sorta
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> Do you think Gene Wolfe would receive more press coverage if more reviewers
> did not have a similar reaction as this reviewer?

Sure, but he also wouldn't be as interesting.  Funny thing is, it's a
pretty straight-forward story, in terms of symbolism.

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The children represent Adam and Eve.  You could say that the dead
father is God; or that the television is God, and that the "MUTE"
represents their inability to hear the voice of God.  Either way, it's
a story of the Garden.

I thought it was good, but pretty simple...

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