convo from a decade ago

David Duffy · 06 May 2012, 23:54 · from 2012-May.txt.gz

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From: David.Duffy at qimr.edu.au (David Duffy)
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 09:54:07 +1000 (EST)
Subject: (urth) convo from a decade ago
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On Sat, 5 May 2012, Daniel Petersen wrote:

> Just in case you've joined this list less than five years ago, like me, I
> want to share what I thought was a pretty incredible piece of analysis from
> ol' Dan'l just over a decade ago

Yes, I thought this was so obviously the model.

>         FWIW, this is exactly and precisely what Roman Catholic James
> Blish does in his classic *A Case of Conscience.

I can only nitpick backwards in time ;) to say, Blish was not Catholic - rather,
agnostic through most of his life, becoming Anglican close to his death.  When
checking my memory, I just found the rather interesting:

http://www.zen118085.zen.co.uk/blish/cslewisandjamesblish.htm

Not directly on Wolfe, but maybe some three way comparisons would be fruitful.

Cheers, David Duffy.

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