New Wolfe story online

Nicholas Gevers26 Apr 2001, 14:53original as archived

A few months ago, I urged Ellen Datlow to run a Gene Wolfe story on SCI FICTION, and lo--whether because of my suggestion or without reference to it--she has now done so. The story is new, it's called "Copperhead", and it can be found here: http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/wolfe/wolfe1.html --Nick Gevers.

William Ansley03 May 2001, 23:01original as archived

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[I am replying to this message on the Urth list because it really belongs here, even though it was originally posted on the Whorl list.]

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At 2:08 PM -0700 5/3/01, David DiGiacomo wrote: >A few months ago, I urged Ellen Datlow to run a Gene Wolfe story on SCI FICTION, and lo--whether because of my suggestion or without reference to it--she has now done so. The story is new, it's called "Copperhead", and it can be found here:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/wolfe/wolfe1.html

Wow, I hated this story. It had all my least favorite Lupine elements: phonetic dialect, misogyny, Christianity, and an incomprehensible ending. Did anyone like it?

I wouldn't go so far as to say I hated this story, but I didn't care much for it either. In addition to your list of "least favorite Lupine elements," another one (for me at least) this story displayed is the vaguely apocalyptic, vaguely described future/alternate-history version of the United States.

William Ansley