New Wolfe story online

William Ansley · 03 May 2001, 23:01 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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From: William Ansley <wansley at warwick.net>
Subject: (urth) Re:  (whorl) New Wolfe story online
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 23:01:29
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[I am replying to this message on the Urth list because it really=20
belongs here, even though it was originally posted on the Whorl list.]

At 2:08 PM -0700 5/3/01, David DiGiacomo wrote:
>  >A few months ago, I urged Ellen Datlow to run a Gene
>>Wolfe story on SCI FICTION, and lo--whether because of
>>my suggestion or without reference to it--she has now
>>done so. The story is new, it's called "Copperhead",
>>and it can be found here:
>>
>>http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/wolfe/wolfe1.=
html
>
>Wow, I hated this story.  It had all my least favorite Lupine elements:
>phonetic dialect, misogyny, Christianity, and an incomprehensible ending.
>
>Did anyone like it?

I wouldn't go so far as to say I hated this story, but I didn't care=20
much for it either. In addition to your list of "least favorite=20
Lupine elements," another one (for me at least) this story displayed=20
is the vaguely apocalyptic, vaguely described=20
future/alternate-history version of the United States.

--=20
William Ansley

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