urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15

Jeffrey Lefstin · 11 Jan 2005, 11:33 · from 2005-January.txt.gz

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From: jeff.lefstin at stanfordalumni.org (Jeffrey Lefstin)
Date: Tue Jan 11 11:33:22 2005
Subject: (urth) Re: urth-urth.net Digest, Vol 5, Issue 15
In-Reply-To: <20050111191622.395ED98972 at che.dreamhost.com>
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Message-ID: <A5AD1EE1-6407-11D9-BCD9-000A95969716 at stanfordalumni.org>

I wouldn't go so far as to endorse this point of view whole-heartedly, 
but I was struck by how jarring the paeans to supply-side economics and 
universal gun ownership were in Exodus from the Long Sun.  At the time 
they seemed so clumsily inserted that I wasn't sure if they were satire 
or GW's views.... Now I assume the latter?

JL

On Jan 11, 2005, at 11:16 AM, urth-urth.net-request at lists.urth.net 
wrote:

> I don't think Orwell crossed any kind of critical line
> in what he wrote about Chesterton here; he seems to
> attack him more on political than religious grounds
> anyway.  But it was clearly posted in the group as an
> insult to certain members, though I can't claim to
> understand why.  I mean, the religious views of most
> active members on this list are well known, as are
> Gene Wolfe's.  Is the poster implying that Wolfe's
> novels have become increasingly stale and polemical as
> his religious and/or political beliefs have found a
> more overt expression in his writing?
>

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