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Stephen Case17 Dec 2012, 16:51as archived

reading Williams

I've said that reading Williams was what taught/trained me to be able to read and appreciate Lafferty. I've read GREATER TRUMPS, PLACE OF THE LION, and DESCENT INTO HELL, and I think I like the last of these the best. Also: I'm disappointed the thread a couple weeks ago about the potentiality of a Wolfe biography never went anywhere. Surely someone has something more to say about this than simply how much we'd all love one. -Steve

Gwern Branwen17 Dec 2012, 17:02as archived

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On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Stephen Case <scase1 at nd.edu> wrote: Also: I'm disappointed the thread a couple weeks ago about the potentiality of a Wolfe biography never went anywhere. Surely someone has something more to say about this than simply how much we'd all love one.

A biography is hard work: who will fund the years of work for a really good one? How would one convince Wolfe to cooperate and that one isn't a flake? Anyone who needs some emails on a mailing list to motivate them probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

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Marc Aramini17 Dec 2012, 17:18as archived

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I have about a a decade and a half worth of correspondence with Wolfe but would not feel comfortable taking on a task like that. Biography doesn't interest me as a writer, and much of the last eight years communication has been personal in nature, less about his art. He strikes me as approachable but private. Sent from my iPhone

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On Dec 17, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote: On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Stephen Case <scase1 at nd.edu> wrote:

Also: I'm disappointed the thread a couple weeks ago about the potentiality of a Wolfe biography never went anywhere. Surely someone has something more to say about this than simply how much we'd all love one.

A biography is hard work: who will fund the years of work for a really good one? How would one convince Wolfe to cooperate and that one isn't a flake? Anyone who needs some emails on a mailing list to motivate them probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place. -- gwern http://www.gwern.net _______________________________________________

Larry Miller19 Dec 2012, 22:49as archived

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A friend of mine and I have discussed doing a video documentary about Wolfe but it would need interviews with him to work and Ive never been able to find the right channels to go about doing it.

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On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>wrote: I have about a a decade and a half worth of correspondence with Wolfe but would not feel comfortable taking on a task like that. Biography doesn't interest me as a writer, and much of the last eight years communication has been personal in nature, less about his art. He strikes me as approachable but private. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 17, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Stephen Case <scase1 at nd.edu> wrote:

Also: I'm disappointed the thread a couple weeks ago about the potentiality of a Wolfe biography never went anywhere. Surely someone has something more to say about this than simply how much we'd all love one.

A biography is hard work: who will fund the years of work for a really good one? How would one convince Wolfe to cooperate and that one isn't a flake? Anyone who needs some emails on a mailing list to motivate them probably shouldn't be doing it in the first place. -- gwern http://www.gwern.net _______________________________________________