(urth) Someday they'll want us

[JBarach at aol.com]

I wrote:
 
> After all, "Gene Wolfe" wants to make sure that all
> the other Gene Wolfes that follow him are not only
> Gene-etic (a pun I suspect Wolfe had in mind,  given
> the focus on his name throughout the story: we  think
> he's only talking about wolves in stories, but I  suspect
> he's also talking about genes) replicas but also  replicas
> in every other way, especially education and  upbringing. 
> Of course, he can't control *everything* but as many
> things as he can control he is controlling in order  to
> make sure that every cloned son is as like him as
> possible until he/they finally achieve/s his/their full  potential.  
 
Gerry responds:
 
> Controlling everything?  I suppose you could consider  writing
> a book that way...
 
Sorry for the confusion.  I put "Gene Wolfe" in quotation marks  because I 
wasn't referring to the *author* of Fifth Head of Cerberus, but to the  
character.  Number 5's name (and the name of his father) is "Gene Wolfe,"  
according to Borski's essay, and I think he's right.  So the "Gene Wolfe" I  was 
referring to was Maitre.
 
John


 
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