Sev's not-so-perfect memory

Josh Geller · 12 Jul 2003, 16:31 · from urth-v0307.mbox · original

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From: Josh Geller <brunians at brunians.org>
Subject: Re: (urth) Sev's not-so-perfect memory
Date: 12 Jul 2003 09:31:46 -0700
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On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 07:25, Adam Stephanides wrote:

> What convinces me is the number of discrepancies Roy has found, rather th=
an
> any specific one.  We know that Wolfe is a careful writer; if he were goi=
ng
> to create a character who really had a perfect memory, he would surely ha=
ve
> cross-checked the character's later recollections of events with the
> original accounts.

In a fifteen hundred page book?

Without a computer?

No one, as far as I know, is arguing that Gene Wolfe has a perfect
memory.









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