Weer's Death in Peace

CRCulver · 24 Aug 1998, 05:36 · from urth-v0018.mbox · original

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From: CRCulver at aol.com
Subject: (urth) Weer's Death in Peace
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 01:36:20 EDT
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William Ansley said:
<It is as certain as anything can be in a Wolfe book that Weer is dead...fr=
om
internal evidence...>

I don't think so...

And continued:
<...and because Wolfe has said so.>

...but it looks like I'm wrong <g>

And said:
<Maybe I'll reread _Peace_ again>

I assume _Peace_ is like all Wolfe novels in that whole new shades of meani=
ng
blossom with each rereading. I hope to learn more the second time around th=
an
I did the first. I guess I'll start on it again after I finish Dan Simmons'
Hyperion quartet which, incidentally, contains several influences from Wolf=
e,
IMHO.

I've found, on the Compuserve Wolfe interview, what I was looking for, in t=
hat
a fan asks if Weer killed Lois:

"davelant: Mr. Wolfe, did Alden Dennis Weer kill the librarian, and bury her
in the dry creek bed?"

And Wolfe unfortunately responded:

"GeneWolfe: Weer: You are going to have to figure that one out for yourself.
I don't tell that kind of stuff."

Just my luck...

Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com>
http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html
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