(urth) A very interesting interview indeed
Mo Holkar
lists at ukg.co.uk
Thu Sep 7 13:34:46 PDT 2006
At 20:36 07/09/2006, Adam wrote:
>"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.
Mm, I picked up on that too. Perhaps a synthesis
of that passage with the one about coming not in
peace but with a sword. I guess that may be part
of what he means when he says later in the
interview "I am a practicing Catholic, although I
don't think that designation would give people
much of an idea about what my beliefs are"...
Mo
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