(urth) A very interesting interview indeed
Adam Thornton
adam at io.com
Thu Sep 7 12:36:38 PDT 2006
I was reading the recently-posted Larry McCaffery interview, in which
the mystery of 5HC is "given away" (http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/
interviews/wolfe46interview.htm)
There's the following quotation in it too:
"The fact that you stand there and let someone hit you in the face
doesn't do anything to eliminate violence (it may even contribute to
further violence) —which is one of the underlying themes in The Book
of the New Sun."
That seems a very explicit repudiation of one of the more memorable
passages in a book that's generally considered to be a pretty huge
influence on Wolfe's work generally and BotNS in particular.
Adam
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