Chesterton'a "lunar virescence"

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes · 01 Jun 2012, 17:42 · from 2012-June.txt.gz

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From: danldo at gmail.com (Dan'l Danehy-Oakes)
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 10:42:28 -0700
Subject: (urth) Chesterton'a "lunar virescence"
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Chesterton is wonderful, especially when he's just tossing ideas about.

On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 10:36 AM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
> Has anyone had a chance to read any of the musings (as opposed to the
> fictions) of GK Chesterton? They're all free for Kindle, and I recommend
> them. Wolfe holds him in high regard, and it's easy to see why. He had some
> fascinating opinions on myths and religion and other things, and an amazing
> way of making a point indirectly but powerfully. You read him and say, "I
> see what you did there. Points to you."
>
> One of his essays is about how the moon is obviously not made of green
> cheese, but certainly is made of cheese. He theorizes that by the end of
> time, it will have aged to greenness, if not beyond. He doesn't say, but he
> almost seems to be suggesting that the popular myth amounts to
> foreknowledge.
>
> Perhaps this is why Severian does not elaborate on the history of green
> Lune.
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