Gene Wolfe is for Socialists

Jeremy Francis · 19 Dec 2010, 08:38 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: francisj at iinet.net.au (Jeremy Francis)
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:38:37 +0800
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists
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Wishful thinking on behalf of the blog author, I think.  Fifth Head is a
good post-colonial text but, given how vague and variable (depending on your
interpretation) the identity between the colonial powers and the natives is,
attributing any socialist purpose is pretty difficult.  Further, if you buy
Borski's interpretation of the character VRT as being a fairly despicable
sort (I do), the issue becomes even more confused.  The writer might not
pick up on the identity questions as being as difficult as they are, though,
which doesn't necessarily fault him (God, if not for this list I wouldn't
pick up half of what goes on in Wolfe's books).

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Behalf Of James Wynn
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Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists

Blog recommends The Fifth Head of Cerberus as a science fiction work 
that socialists should read...and not as a "know thy enemy" 
recommendation either.

http://kasamaproject.org/2010/12/15/50-works-of-fantasy-science-fiction-for-
socialists/

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