mystery of the guild

Tim Walters · 11 Feb 2009, 18:15 · from 2009-February.txt.gz

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From: walters at doubtfulpalace.com (Tim Walters)
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:15:12 -0800 (PST)
Subject: (urth) mystery of the guild
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>>Although Dan Simmons, in Hyperion, doesn't hesitate to posit a
>>Catholic Church with only a few thousand members.
>
> Wolfe himself does, in 'How the Whip Came Back'.
> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.HowTheWhipCameBack

In Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality stories, the "Old Strong Religion"
(by which he means Christianity, if not Catholicism specifically) is an
underground cult.

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