The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org · 19 Mar 2009, 12:04 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 08:04:16 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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There's another aspect of Gene Wolfe's politics which is mentioned
prominently in many of his stories, and that is his intense distrust of
government. I assume that this is less controversial than his support of
an armed citizenry. I am still a bit nonplussed that anyone would question
that still, but no matter. I am well known to be an extremely ignorant
person, knowing almost nothing (and trying hard to un-learn that little
bit).

I'd like to solicit a discussion of this particular aspect of his work.
The last one was quite lively, and some people did get their feelings
hurt. Well, literary discussion is a tough business, and not meant for the
faint of heart. I hope that this discussion can be equally lively, but
perhaps less fraught with emotional trauma for some of the participants.

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