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Charles Gillingham29 Apr 2015, 02:16as archived
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On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:21:30 -0700 Dan'l Danehy-Oake wrote: "OK, the word "foil" was wrong. But they all tend to the goddess/bitch/whore trichotomy into which female characters are too often written by men. (Really, from reading some of his fiction you'd get the impression that he'd heard of women but never actually met one.)" Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Wolfe only have daughters? And other than Metera Rose, everything else he's written (and from interviews) leads me to believe he's feverishly devoted to Rosemary. Lets not make this personal. Wolfe writes Greek mythology, not modern hyper politically correct lit.
Marc Aramini29 Apr 2015, 02:18as archived
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He has two sons. I think he only has granddaughters, though.
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On Apr 28, 2015 7:16 PM, "Charles Gillingham" <charlesgillingham at gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:21:30 -0700 Dan'l Danehy-Oake wrote: "OK, the word "foil" was wrong. But they all tend to the goddess/bitch/whore trichotomy into which female characters are too often written by men. (Really, from reading some of his fiction you'd get the impression that he'd heard of women but never actually met one.)" Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Wolfe only have daughters? And other than Metera Rose, everything else he's written (and from interviews) leads me to believe he's feverishly devoted to Rosemary. Lets not make this personal. Wolfe writes Greek mythology, not modern hyper politically correct lit. _______________________________________________

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