A Good Society

Jeff Wilson · 11 Jul 2008, 18:39 · from 2008-July.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:39:03 -0500
Subject: (urth) A Good Society
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Lane Haygood wrote:
> Given the strong Gnostic vibe I get from a lot of Wolfe's work (not that 
> I think he's a gnostic, mind you, but I think he mines the theology for 
> plot points), the idea that the material world is flawed and evil isn't 
> so strange.

His interviews affirm this; he says we are lucky to live in a Christian 
society cos the rest of the world (like Turkey) is a depraved hellhole 
where people kill kittens for fun.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
< http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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