An introduction and a question

CRCulver · 08 Mar 1998, 23:03 · from urth-v0008.mbox · original

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From: CRCulver at AOL.COM
Subject: Re:  (urth) An introduction and a question
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 23:03:08
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
s]

>At the end of UotNS he seems to try to kill himself every
couple of pages!<

I'm not sure he actively tries to kill himself, but he does seem to feel th=
at
his death would be no big loss, because he has already completed the greate=
st
act in his life (and human history): bringing the New Sun.=20


>I can only call to mind the "manskin" to "leather" bag transition
offhand, but there are others.<

That one has always puzzled me.


This list has been quiet for a few days now, let's liven it up.

Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com>
http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html

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