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Allan Anderson · 31 Mar 2009, 14:58 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: rubel at goosemoon.org (Allan Anderson)
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:58:37 -0700
Subject: (urth) from National Review Online
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Thanks, Fernando -- it's always fun to hear a voice and have an author  
become a bit more of a real person in my mind!

My favorite part was how he described Chesterson. I've only read _The  
Man Who Was Thursday_, but the lyrical yet sharp and insightful style  
of that book really clicks with what Wolfe says.

On Mar 30, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Fernando Q. Gouv?a wrote:

> Wolfe Man [John J. Miller]
>
> Today's Between the Covers podcast is with Gene Wolfe <http://radio.nationalreview.com/betweenthecovers/post/?q=MmQ2ZjA2OGE4ZWNmZjBkMGQ1MjRjYjlhOTA4YmU2OWE= 
> >, the legendary science-fiction writer. Here's what /The  
> Encyclopedia of Science Fiction/ says about him:
>
>   Though neither the most popular nor the most influential author in
>   the sf field, [Wolfe] is today quite possibly the most important.
>
> How's that for an endorsement?
>
> In our interview, we discuss his new anthology of short stories, the  
> book that he thinks will be his legacy, and the influence of G.K.  
> Chesterton on his work. At the end, he says this:
>
>   I am a conservative. I certainly read William F. Buckley, Jr. with
>   delight?I think he mellowed a little too much at the end?He wasn't
>   as sharp-edged as he really should have been. Perhaps the same thing
>   will happen to me.
>
> Listen in ? and subscribe to the whole BTC series on iTunes!
>
> -- 
> =============================================================
> Fernando Q. Gouvea
> Carter Professor of Mathematics
> Colby College                     Editor, MAA FOCUS
> 5836 Mayflower Hill               Editor, MAA Reviews
> Waterville, ME 04901              http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/19/
> http://www.colby.edu/~fqgouvea
>
> There are no physicists in the hottest parts of hell, because the  
> existence of a "hottest part" implies a temperature difference, and  
> any marginally competent physicist would immediately use this to run  
> a heat engine and make some other part of hell comfortably cool.  
> This is obviously impossible.
>  -- Richard Davisson
>
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