Wolfe, Religion, and You

Jacob Corbin · 26 Feb 2001, 20:00 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: Jacob Corbin <webmaster at afriendlysbooks.com>
Subject: (whorl) Wolfe, Religion, and You
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 20:00:42
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> Obnoxious, no, but I think we need a little more participation that focus=
es on the (often
> explicit) religious side of Mr Wolfe's
> writing. I often wonder what non-Christians see in him

Well, I'm wholly secular, but why should that make me any less receptive to=
 Wolfe's writing?
As SF&F, his writing does a wonderful job of deconstructing and brilliantly=
 rethinking dozens
of genre tropes.  The moral and ethical messages are delivered with almost =
overwhelmingly large
amounts of compassion, empathy, and intelligence.  And the prose itself is =
mad and beautiful
and sexy and deliciously treacherous.  For all of that, I can grin through =
the occasional
kludgy metaphor ("Look, everyone!  It's THE EUCHARIST!  WOO!").

Jacob G Corbin

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