Source of Dog

MBS · 27 Mar 1998, 15:36 · from urth-v0008.mbox · original

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From: "MBS" <sablof_m at LSA.Lan.McGill.CA>
Subject: (urth) Source of Dog
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 10:36:37 EST
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[Posted from URTH, a mailing list about Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other work=
s]

I am glad to see the discussion of Tracking Song beginning again.
Not that I have anything to add on that subject though...
I am interested in the 3 Island/Death/Doctor stories.
They do not form a unified whole as the Fifth Head of Cerberus does,=20
but they do touch on similar themes, actually many of the 'classic'=20
Wolfe themes (what do ppl think this list would be?): the nature of=20
identity and what forms/makes the individual who he/she is, the=20
interaction between reality and fiction/illusion.
As well, there seems to be a growth in Wolfe's skill as a=20
storyteller.  GW seems to have come into his own as an author during=20
the 70s and these three stories are interesting to view as=20
touchstones along that path, the first published in 70 the last in 78=20
(I believe).
Oh and in reference to someone who asked the island in the Prison=20
story is the prison itself. I believe when looking out the window and=20
what the prison has become, he seems the new complex as an island-=20
sorry no citations here.=20

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