interview questions

Gerry Quinn · 05 Jan 2011, 21:03 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: gerryq at indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 21:03:29 -0000
Subject: (urth) interview questions
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My only comment here is that Wolfe is talking about twenty years after writing 5HoC, and has forgotten the name of the novella; I think he has also forgotten which group of pre-colonisation inhabitants was called the Shadow Children.

I think making the abos the Shadow Children is untenable for a lot of reasons.

- Gerry Quinn

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jerry Friedman 

  A: Well, Tolkien had no knowledge of hobbit culture.  But in any case, Wolfe has called the halt, and you're right.  He said in his interview with Lawrence Person, ""'A Story,' by John V. Marsch," yes, which is not actually written by John V. Marsch, but by the shadowchild who has replaced John V. Marsch."

  http://home.roadrunner.com/~lperson1/wolfe.html

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