Typhon's nature

Lee Berman · 12 Oct 2011, 15:33 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:33:05 -0400
Subject: (urth) Typhon's nature
Message-ID: <SNT123-W2360D215A1FC534EBD680DCFE30 at phx.gbl>

>David Stockhoff: I agree that various technologies are deliberately blurred, as is 
>(famously) the line between technology and magic. This seems to be both 
>a stylistic approach and a philosophy.

Yes. I think this cuts to the crux of the debate. For some readers, Wolfe's work seems
to be a collection of rippingly good yarns. Any perception of an overarching philosophy 
and use of sub-text to convey it is seen as a distraction and diminishing of the story.
These different approaches create a difficult platform for discussion between parties.

I tend to agree with your assertion that a story which contains spaceships, ray guns, robots, 
aliens, anti-gravity, cloning and time travel simply has to have telepathy. How could 
it be left out? ;- )

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