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Urth Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2

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Matthew Groves06 Sep 2007, 03:36as archived
Urth Digest, Vol 37, Issue 2
↰ answers Michael Straight · by quotation
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Mo wrote: I wonder whether Island of Doctor Death in particular represents a playing-out of tension in Wolfe's influences between Wells and Lewis.
I haven't read enough Wells to speak to that, but I do think that "tIoDDaOS" is a love note to them both.
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Rostrum wrote: You're not the only one who has seen connections between Wolfe and Lewis. One particular standout to me that I wrote about on the list a while back is this scene from Perelandra: snip <
I did see your post in the archives, and I had the exact same reaction to that moment in Perelandra: flashing on Silk's "I am the help." Matt G.
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes06 Sep 2007, 16:52as archived
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On 9/5/07, Matthew Groves <matthewalangroves at gmail.com> wrote: Mo wrote:
I wonder whether Island of Doctor Death in particular represents a playing-out of tension in Wolfe's influences between Wells and Lewis.
I haven't read enough Wells to speak to that, but I do think that "tIoDDaOS" is a love note to them both.
I've never seen Lewis in "Dr Death," but have always seen it as a paean to Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs.
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