Dionysus

David Stockhoff · 09 Dec 2010, 12:23 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:23:16 -0500
Subject: (urth) Dionysus
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That is an excellent variation on a theme. Certainly the author is even 
more like a demiurge.

On 12/9/2010 4:41 AM, Lee Berman wrote:
> David, you invoked the principle of "book as universe; author as god" principle. Have you considered that
> Gene WOlfe writes consciously in this format but, given his religious leanings, prefers the variant of:
> "book as universe; author as devil/demiurge"?  Obviously I do.  Consider Weer........


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