Weer's House

Alex David Groce · 28 Aug 1998, 14:02 · from urth-v0018.mbox · original

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From: "Alex David Groce" <adgroce at eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Weer's House
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 14:02:05
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Hmmm...  I don't have it with me (I always end up answering these on campus
where my little Wolfe library isn't handy) but isn't there an essay in CAST=
LE
OF DAYS, titled "Peace of My Mind" or such, where Wolfe complains about peo=
ple
thinking of the museum house as an eldritch Poe-like (not that I'd imagine
Wolfe thinks Poe-like is much of an insult) device.  He says that it's much
more normal than some tend to think, then talks about an old knife of his t=
hat
is a kind of "memory house" all in itself?
	Although, now that I think about it, I'm not sure if the essay was
implying Weer really built such a house or not.  I'll have to re-read it.

On Aug 28, 12:57am, CRCulver at aol.com wrote:
> Subject: (urth) Weer's House
> Wolfe said in the interview with James B. Jordan:
>
> "I wanted to do the rooms that were recreations and
> rooms that [Weer] had known as a very young man and I didn't think that
> anybody would actually do that. That it had to be a supernatural stick or=
 a
> mental quirk or something of that sort."
>
> I think this means the house didn't exist...just my opinion. Perhaps the
other
> listees can get more out of it.


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