(urth) The Devil in a Forest

[John Smith]

It may be written for teens, but from the discussion here, I need to go back and read it again.  It seems to have many layers.  I must have missed 90% of the meaning.

Best wishes,

Jack


--- On Tue, 5/19/09, James B. Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net> wrote:

> From: James B. Jordan <jbjordan4 at cox.net>
> Subject: Re: (urth) The Devil in a Forest
> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 1:53 PM
> At 09:30 AM 5/19/2009, you wrote:
> > I think there is more to it than just how sneaky his
> propaganda is. Sure, Wolfe is propagandizing, as
> always---but he doesn't just propagandize for a narrow
> segment of the political spectrum, and he rarely makes
> things as black and white and baldly allegorical as you seem
> to suggest. Rather, he asks questions and examines the moral
> aspects of the range of answers.
> 
> To be sure. And remember, tDiaF is written for teens, not
> adults. I doubt if there is any teen fiction anywhere that
> does not try to educate in some direction.
> 
> In fact, I doubt if there is any fiction anywhere that does
> not come from some perspective, and therefore can be said to
> propagandize for that perspective.
> 
> For instance, I don't think Wolfe wrote the Severian
> quintet in order to propagandize, but it is certainly the
> case that he is presenting the notion that resurrection and
> a new world can only come on the other side of very serious
> destruction and judgment, brought about in response to
> serious malfeasance; and that it is the God who sent the
> Theoanthropos long ago who does this kind of thing. It's
> not a Santa-claus cozy liberal Christianity, but it is a
> Christian viewpoint. A "severe Christian" who
> writes a story about serious matters is just going to write
> in this manner.
> 
> FWIW
> 
> Nutria
> 
> 
> 
> James B. Jordan
> Director, Biblical Horizons
> Box 1096
> Niceville, FL 32588
> http://www.biblicalhorizons.com
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