(urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists

[Lane Haygood]

Mieville and I probably agree on quite a bit politically, but I have only
found a few of his stories palatable.  Then again, while I can respect his
talent and prose, I just find a lot of the New Weird "Oh look I have a funny
world with odd things and it's all very rundown and poor and disgusting but
we will revel in the degradation because it's soooo much of a biting social
critique" writers to be less than enthralling.

That said, all I took was that the list explored themes important to
socialists, not necessarily that these were books that advocated for any
sort of socialist position.

LH

2010/12/19 António Marques <entonio at gmail.com>

> On 20 December 2010 02:23, Matthew Knight <jacobeiserman at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm with Pedro on this one.  I think the list's author is finding
> something
> > of value in 5HOC when viewed through a socialist lens, despite
> recognizing
> > vast differences between Wolfe's perspective and his own.  Here's my own
> > sweeping generalization that is likely logically unprovable: most good
> art
> > can be appreciated from a variety of angles, insofar as the art reflects
> > something true about life and the angles from which the art is viewed are
> > able to discern some kind of truth, even if distorted.
>
> I don't know about others, but I enjoy reading people whose ideas are
> completely at odds with mine, provided they are well developed.
> (Of course, there is a world of difference between well developed and
> simply hypertrophied.)
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