(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 56, Issue 37

John Watkins john.watkins04 at gmail.com
Thu Apr 16 12:55:36 PDT 2009


Long Sun would be an interesting set of films or, say, HBO series.
Fifth Head, the original story, would probably be my choice for a discrete
movie.

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Robin Dunn <bigbadgerjohnny at gmail.com>wrote:

> Quick question for you guys:
>
> Which short story of Wolfe's do you think would be the easiest to
> film, where some of the moral ambiguity and complexity of Wolfe could
> show through on screen?
>
> I'm not a connoisseur of his short work, and it's often struck me as
> dryer, but would love to hear your thoughts.
>
> Cheers,
> Robin
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> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:04 AM, David Stockhoff
> <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:
> > Doesn't the style of narration depend entirely on the narrator and
> his/her
> > circumstances? That is, how else should the narrator of LS have narrated?
> >
> > That scene-by scene style, without introspection, was certainly a shift
> > after Severian's many-layered and discursive account. But Silk doesn't
> > narrate LS.
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> > And we didn't need LS to consist entirely of dramatic
> > scenes, in the sense of "The Cat in the Starfleet's
> > Attic".  I'm glad that in NS and SS, our narrators get to
> > ruminate occasionally.
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