(urth) mystery of the guild

[Tim Walters]

>>Although Dan Simmons, in Hyperion, doesn't hesitate to posit a
>>Catholic Church with only a few thousand members.
>
> Wolfe himself does, in 'How the Whip Came Back'.
> http://www.wolfewiki.com/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Stories.HowTheWhipCameBack

In Cordwainer Smith's Instrumentality stories, the "Old Strong Religion"
(by which he means Christianity, if not Catholicism specifically) is an
underground cult.

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Tim Walters | http://doubtfulpalace.com