The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

Sunanda · 02 Jul 2010, 14:19 · from 2010-July.txt.gz

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From: dhsunanda at gmail.com (Sunanda)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:19:19 +0100
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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 > I've read through most of _Starwater Strains_ now, and my 
initialbelief has hardened:
 > Gene's writings are definitely getting more
 > political. In his older works like _Peace_ or _Book of the New Sun_
 > (pre-90s), I didn't notice anything political, or at least,
 > contemporary. But in stuff from the last 2 decades? My suspicion has
 > become certainty.

Have you read _Operation Ares_?

Perhaps an outlier, but definitely political.

Sunanda

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