Gene Wolfe Biography

Ryan Dunn · 28 Nov 2012, 15:03 · from 2012-November.txt.gz

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From: ryan at liftingfaces.com (Ryan Dunn)
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:03:03 -0500
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe Biography
In-Reply-To: <50B619BD.4090600 at marklewin.com>
References: <50B619BD.4090600 at marklewin.com>
Message-ID: <E2FDCCD0-6DED-4387-AC98-0A43454A164E at liftingfaces.com>

Honestly, I'd rather see a Gene Wolfe documentary in the style of Errol Morris.

The documentary would need to be convincing, and full of useful memoir-style anecdotes, but ultimately a hoax, a lie, and a puzzle, structured like a Wolfe short story.

I would call it:

"DO NOT TRUST THIS FILM AS FAR AS YOU CAN THROW IT (TRUST IT WITH YOUR LIFE)"

Or, alternately:

"UNTRUSTWORTHY"

Neil Gaiman would produce it and appear in it, of course. Maybe help write it along with Wolfe?

...ryan

Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 28, 2012, at 9:03 AM, Mark Lewin <mark at marklewin.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I figured this was the place to ask this question!
> 
> Having just read This is Me, Jack Vance, I was thinking how much I'd enjoy reading a Wolfe biography, or better still, an autobiography. Does anyone know if Wolfe has ever hinted at such a work? Or have any of you die-hard Wolfe scholars contemplated     writing a biography?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Mark
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