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Pratchett and Wolfe
Tony Ellis · 11 Dec 2001, 17:31
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From: "Tony Ellis" <LittleSense at necronomicon.co.uk> Subject: Pratchett and Wolfe Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:31:36 -0000 boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0014_01C18269.AF15C120" Message-ID: <urth-v0031-urth.v031.n014.1 at digest.urth.net> X-Urthmirror-Source: http://www.urth.net/urth/archives/v0031/urth.v031.n014.1.shtml MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=3D_NextPart_000_0014_01C18269.AF15C120 Russell Wodell: >"Brutha, with his photographic memory, and the role of torture in the =3D world >echoes Gene Wolfe's _The Book of the New Sun_ (1980-83) sequence." >This certainly never occurred to me when reading "Small Gods," =3D Pratchett's >most sustained attack on organized religion, especially the Catholic >Inquisition, and I don't remember Pratchett ever mentioning Wolfe in ay >context whatsoever. Well, Pratchett does subtitle it "The Book of the New Son"... :-) What I've always wondered is whether it was intended as an actual Up =3D Yours to TBOTNS, or simply as a skit on it. Pratchett has spoofed plenty = =3D of other SF novels, but always affectionately. Here, it's hard to tell =3D whether the attack is aimed solely at organised religion, or also at =3D writers who attempt to justify it. In any case, it's not his happiest book, and certainly my least =3D favourite. ------=3D_NextPart_000_0014_01C18269.AF15C120 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3D3DContent-Type content=3D3D"text/html; =3D <META content=3D3D"MSHTML 5.50.4807.2300" name=3D3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D3D#ffffff> <DIV>Russell Wodell:</DIV> <DIV>>"Brutha, with his photographic memory, and the role of torture =3D in the=3D20 world<BR>>echoes Gene Wolfe's _The Book of the New Sun_ (1980-83)=3D20 sequence."<BR><BR>>This certainly never occurred to me when reading =3D "Small=3D20 Gods," Pratchett's<BR>>most sustained attack on organized religion,=3D20 especially the Catholic<BR>>Inquisition, and I don't remember =3D Pratchett ever=3D20 mentioning Wolfe in ay<BR>>context whatsoever.<BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>Well, Pratchett does subtitle it "The = =3D Book of the=3D20 New Son"... :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>What I've always wondered is whether i= t =3D was=3D20 intended as an actual Up Yours to TBOTNS, or simply as a skit on =3D it.=3D20 Pratchett has spoofed plenty of other SF novels, but always =3D affectionately.=3D20 Here, it's hard to tell whether the attack is aimed solely at organised=3D20 religion, or also at writers who attempt to justify it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D3DArial size=3D3D2>In any case, it's not his=3D20 happiest book, and certainly </FONT><FONT face=3D3DArial =3D size=3D3D2>my least=3D20 favourite.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=3D_NextPart_000_0014_01C18269.AF15C120--
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