Digest urth.v005.n042

Michael Straight · 03 Nov 1997, 08:32 · from urth-v0005.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: Digest urth.v005.n042
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 08:32:25
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
s]



On Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Paul C Duggan wrote:

>=20
> [Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other wo=
rks]
>=20
> > > observation, after reading Cordwainer Smith's "A Planet Named Shayol,=
"=20
> > > that where at one time people wrote gory descriptions of Hell with the
> > > purpose of putting a genuine fear of God into people, several modern
> > > science fiction writers have written gory stories about Hell with the
> > > (seemingly intended) effect of making the reader say, "surely this ca=
nnot
> > > be."=20
> >=20
> > Who else? I'm curious.
> >=20
> Niven's "Inferno"?

Arguably, Harlan Elison's "I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream" can be read
this way.=20

-Rostrum

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