(urth) bluegreenandcerberus

[Adrian Robert]

On Aug 29, 2005, at 9:16 AM, David Lebling wrote:

> Adrian Robert wrote "Given such a span of time, almost anything  
> could be
> proposed of
> course, but what about something minimal and plausible?"
>
> How about this?
>
> "Gene Wolfe is extremely interested in the question of identity,  
> what it
> means to be human, and whether identity and humanity can be  
> mimicked by
> machines, aliens or other humans. These themes are present in many  
> of his
> works. A common way he explores these ideas is to create a duality  
> between a
> relatively mundane setting in which our conventional notions of  
> identity
> (etc.) apply, and another in which they do not."
>
> I realize that this isn't what you are looking for, but I think  
> it's more
> likely than any convoluted scheme that ties Wolfe's novels and stories
> together by plot.

Agreed.  But there's still a certain pleasure in imagining the more  
direct connection..