Wolfe at Readercon

As Marc says, GW will be at Readercon--he's taking part in a panel discussion there concerning Catholicism and SF/Fantasy. --Nick Gevers.

In the archives to HogBlog (http://www.koschei.net/blog/ July 15, 2003), I came across the following description of Wolfe's talk on Catholicism and SF at Readercon: "Gene Wolfe gave a very spirited account of the influence of redemption on his work; no-one, not even a villain, is beyond redemption. No-one, he says, goes around in life thinking 'I'm a bad person.' He then launched into an improvised impersonation of an actual bad person, in the course of which I began seriously to wonder if he was going to punch through the floor with his cane." Unfortunately, that's all the detail it gives. --Adam

I was there for that panel, and I think Mr. Wolfe could have had a third career as a preacher. During his improv, his voice rose and rose and rose until everyone in the hotel must have been able to hear his booming, raging performance of the rationalizations and denials of a bad man. Readercon tapes all of their panels, and this was one for the greatest hits album. -----Original Message----- From: Adam Stephanides [mailto:adamsteph at earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 2:39 PM To: urth at urth.net Subject: (urth) Wolfe at Readercon In the archives to HogBlog (http://www.koschei.net/blog/ July 15, 2003), I came across the following description of Wolfe's talk on Catholicism and SF at Readercon: "Gene Wolfe gave a very spirited account of the influence of redemption on his work; no-one, not even a villain, is beyond redemption. No-one, he says, goes around in life thinking 'I'm a bad person.' He then launched into an improvised impersonation of an actual bad person, in the course of which I began seriously to wonder if he was going to punch through the floor with his cane." Unfortunately, that's all the detail it gives. --Adam