Dionysus

António Pedro Marques · 08 Dec 2010, 21:24 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: entonio at gmail.com (=?UTF-8?B?QW50w7NuaW8gUGVkcm8gTWFycXVlcw==?=)
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 21:24:49 +0000
Subject: (urth) Dionysus
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Andrew Mason wrote (08-12-2010 19:43):
> But beyond that, I think there is probably still
> material, to be solved by Sherlockian means, that no one has worked
> out yet. We know that Wolfe overestimates his readers' intelligence.
> He puts things in which he thinks we should be able to work out, but
> we don't.

Heh. Found this just yesterday:

"Even when he introduces someone else?s short story, he creates mystery ? 
I?ve been trying for years to understand his hints as to the true meaning of 
Avram Davidson?s ?Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman,? a tale that?s oblique 
enough in itself."

http://crookedtimber.org/2004/06/15/gene-wolfe-steals-my-fudgsicle/

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