Urth - Earth links

David Stockhoff · 14 Oct 2011, 18:52 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:52:16 -0400
Subject: (urth) Urth - Earth links
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On 10/14/2011 2:46 PM, Marc Aramini wrote:
> One more key point.  While I think the solar cycle has Jesus, it's pretty clear that Wolfe wanted to play with a medieval world without Christianity dominating in the Wizard Knight - maybe he thought about the implications of such a world and I feel for sure that is part of his motivation in exploring Mythgarthr etc.
I agree. One "big question" that such a story would answer is: can there 
be ethics without God (including Christ as proof of God's yadda yadda)?

Since Wolfe is not a Protestant, his answer is not necessarily "no." 
Because he loves myth and sees it as a genuine answer to real problems, 
his answer is "probably." Does the book prove it? Hard to say.


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