(urth) [SPAM] A very interesting interview indeed
Jeff Wilson
jwilson at io.com
Thu Sep 7 22:23:47 PDT 2006
Adam Thornton wrote:
> 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.
Do you mean the Bible? Particularly, "turn the other cheek"?
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