SINGLE Gene Wolfe literature universe?

Milton Jackson · 10 May 2010, 14:12 · from 2010-May.txt.gz

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From: miltonwjackson at gmail.com (Milton Jackson)
Date: Mon, 10 May 2010 10:12:04 -0400
Subject: (urth) SINGLE Gene Wolfe literature universe?
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I've thought that from time to time. It's entirely possible. I guess Wolfe
would be a little like Edgar Rice Burroughs in that regard in that he has
multiple series and worlds set in his universe with at best a tangential
connection if any at all even though they seem to occupy the same universe.
I guess I must be the first person in history ever to compare Wolfe and
Burroughs.

On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:50 AM, sean ako <geoffreyfourmylepyre at yahoo.com>wrote:

>   Urthers,
>
> Has anyone come up with/discussed the idea that most (if not ALL) Gene
> Wolfe's stories occur in same universe?  That all his
> stories/novels/novellas etc. are just points on the same timeline?  There
> are so many instances of coincidence and synchronicity, similar
> names, "guess appearances" and the like that that's my interpretation of how
> all these works interrelate(because they do.)
>
> SEAN
> AKO
>
>
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