Gene Wolfe's literary portrait of Neil Armstrong

Daniel Petersen · 26 Aug 2012, 21:02 · from 2012-August.txt.gz

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From: danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com (Daniel Petersen)
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2012 22:02:49 +0100
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe's literary portrait of Neil Armstrong
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I thought you folks would appreciate being reminded that Wolfe actually
composed his own tribute to Neil Armstrong back in 1980:

http://silkandhornheresy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/this-warrior-of-dead-world-gene-wolfes.html

While I'm at it, does this reminiscence from Armstrong not sound rather
Wolfean?

"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth.
I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet
Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small." (Neil
Armstrong)

*URTHRISE:*
[image: 9.3 Earth seen from the Moon]

-DOJP
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