Short Story 49: Westwind

Jerry Friedman · 19 Aug 2013, 12:01 · from 2013-August.txt.gz

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From: jerry_friedman at yahoo.com (Jerry Friedman)
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 05:01:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Short Story 49: Westwind
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From: Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com>
>From: Marc Aramini
>
>> Is the old lame woman?s indictment of the Department of Truth getting 
>> their spittle
>>? on the message of the ruler a kind of back handed slap at either world 
>> governments
>> or organized religions bringing their own spin to so many factors of the 
>> spiritual
>> world?? Maybe.
>
>I haven't read the story, but it sounds like organised religion.

...

Or corrupt clergy in organized religion.

Has anybody read the story as an attack on the Christian God?? The ruler
treats his subjects much better than God treats his worshipers in Christianity.
Of course it's unlikely that Wolfe meant that, but it might amuse somebody.
More plausibly, it could be escapist fantasy: Wolfe wishes he could have
direct, unambiguous contact with the ruler.

Jerry Friedman

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