the sound of one hand laughing

Michael Andre-Driussi · 21 Apr 2002, 16:46 · from urth-v0204.mbox · original

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From: Michael Andre-Driussi <mantis at siriusfiction.com>
Subject: (urth) the sound of one hand laughing
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 09:46:14 -0700
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Regarding a timeline for 5HC that puts humans originating from another star
system on Gondwanaland, Tony Ellis wrote:
>If there's any actual evidence in 5HC to back up this theory I'm genuinely
>interested to hear it - but I can't think of any.

Adam Stephanides, re-reading the Gene Wolfe interview (1992), quotes and
responds:
>> GW: No. I thought of it as a long past universe. Something that we are
>> repeating rather than something that we are.
>
>Wolfe said this?  I'm quite surprised, even shocked.  I'm pretty much of an
>intentionalist, but (without having reread all the books) this strikes me =
as
>a pointless complication with no textual warrant.

=3Dmantis=3D


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