Gene Wolfe is for Socialists

António Marques · 20 Dec 2010, 03:02 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 03:02:21 +0000
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists
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On 20 December 2010 02:23, Matthew Knight <jacobeiserman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm with Pedro on this one.? I think the list's author is finding something
> of value in 5HOC when viewed through a socialist lens, despite recognizing
> vast differences between Wolfe's perspective and his own.? Here's my own
> sweeping generalization that is likely logically unprovable: most good art
> can be appreciated from a variety of angles, insofar as the art reflects
> something true about life and the angles from which the art is viewed are
> able to discern some kind of truth, even if distorted.

I don't know about others, but I enjoy reading people whose ideas are
completely at odds with mine, provided they are well developed.
(Of course, there is a world of difference between well developed and
simply hypertrophied.)

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