John C.Wright on Wolfe' "Unreliable Moral Narrative"

David Stockhoff · 23 Nov 2011, 16:35 · from 2011-November.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:35:13 -0500
Subject: (urth) John C.Wright on Wolfe' "Unreliable Moral Narrative"
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On 11/23/2011 11:16 AM, Gwern Branwen wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:02 AM, James Wynn<crushtv at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> http://www.scifiwright.com/2011/11/home-fires-by-gene-wolfe-those-who-dwell-in-hell-also-keep-them-burning/
> Interesting. I've thought much the same thing about 5HOC. I'm not sure
> _Home Fires_ is special in this respect here; I've noted in the past
> that that theme is overt or covert in many of his stories and novels,
> most obviously _An Evil Guest_.
>


Definitely. And various shorts as well, and of course all of Latro. 
Thank god his narrators are not judgmental bores (like Wright can be).

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