(urth) the prime calcula/his citadel and other quotes

Gerry Quinn gerryq at indigo.ie
Tue Jan 18 15:10:23 PST 2011


From: "Lee Berman" <severiansola at hotmail.com>
> The current salvo evolved from Gerry's assertion that mythic/religious 
> mumbo-jumbo has
> no place in solving the mysteries of a Wolfe book. I asked why he felt 
> that way, he
> answered that the sky was blue (a perfect metaphor for our differences on 
> this rainy
> day) and so it went.

You are purposely misrepresenting what I said (and not for the first time). 
Here's what I *actually* asserted:

> > I think the more obscure clues can often be pointers to the ideas Wolfe 
> > is
> > getting at, but I also think that in his SF it's the concrete events and
> > details - the stuff that actually happens - that holds the key to
> > understanding.  It's not the Mystical Kabbalah - it's a science fiction
> > story, guys!

- Gerry Quinn




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