is Gene Wolfe among us?

From: "b sharp" <bsharporflat at hotmail.com> Reply-To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: (urth) is Gene Wolfe among us? Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 17:55:30 -0400 Once there was a rumor that Gene Wolfe was disguised in this community. If that were true, how could we identify him? If he is actually a technophobe then we wouldn't expect he has been here from the begininning. But once he arrived we'd expect him to be intelligent and insightful, yet circumspect. To make regular entries focusing on factual evidence more than grand fanciful theories. His writing would reflect the culture of an older American. What sort of name would he choose? Since this archive is composed of his loyal fans, he might pick a name which reflects his feeling that he is our humble servant, the artist serving his patrons. On the other hand his name might also reflect that he and his work are the focus, the center of everything here; that we honor and revere him. His name might also reflect that this is a place where an anonymous sovereign might view his subjects, the monarch can see his vassals, lord see peons, King C. Servant

On 5/20/06, mournings glory <mourningsglory at hotmail.com> wrote: From: "b sharp" <bsharporflat at hotmail.com> Reply-To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net> To: urth at lists.urth.net Subject: (urth) is Gene Wolfe among us? Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 17:55:30 -0400 Once there was a rumor that Gene Wolfe was disguised in this community. If that were true, how could we identify him? If he is actually a technophobe then we wouldn't expect he has been here from the begininning. But once he arrived we'd expect him to be intelligent and insightful, yet circumspect. To make regular entries focusing on factual evidence more than grand fanciful theories. His writing would reflect the culture of an older American. What sort of name would he choose? Since this archive is composed of his loyal fans, he might pick a name which reflects his feeling that he is our humble servant, the artist serving his patrons. On the other hand his name might also reflect that he and his work are the focus, the center of everything here; that we honor and revere him. His name might also reflect that this is a place where an anonymous sovereign might view his subjects, the monarch can see his vassals, lord see peons, King C. Servant

Ahem. Pardon the familiarity, Roy, but I believe this is addressed to you. emmmmm

From: "b sharp" <bsharporflat at hotmail.com>

Just so it is clear, my original post in this thread was completely tongue-in-cheek. If I really thought Roy was Gene Wolfe I wouldn't out him in such a cavalier manner. If there was any purpose to it, other than play, it might be as a parable to warn against the dangers of seeking only positive evidence when trying to support a pet theory.

On May 22, 2006, at 7:09 AM, b sharp wrote: Just so it is clear, my original post in this thread was completely tongue-in-cheek. If I really thought Roy was Gene Wolfe I wouldn't out him in such a cavalier manner. If there was any purpose to it, other than play, it might be as a parable to warn against the dangers of seeking only positive evidence when trying to support a pet theory.

Couple points you missed, however: Gene Wolfe has both a father and a son named Roy, and hails originally from Tejas, as does, I believe, Mr. Lackey (who himself, so ignominiously outed, has yet to undot the conspiracy 'i').>

b sharp wrote: Just so it is clear, my original post in this thread was completely tongue-in-cheek. If I really thought Roy was Gene Wolfe I wouldn't out him in such a cavalier manner. If there was any purpose to it, other than play, it might be as a parable to warn against the dangers of seeking only positive evidence when trying to support a pet theory.