(urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?

[DAVID STOCKHOFF]

Actually, "bible thumpers" are people who are OVERLY familiar with the Bible. If the shoe fits ....

;)

--- On Tue, 5/24/11, James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: James Wynn <crushtv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: (urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?
> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
> Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 9:10 AM
> Acts gives both names.
> 
> Of course, the names Wolfe selects do not always have an
> obvious purpose to them. So it's understandable that even a
> "bible thumper", as Antonio calls people who are familiar
> with the Bible, could reasonably have missed the hint.
> The Book of the New Sun was the first thing I had ever read
> by Wolfe. Frankly, when I read it the first round, it felt
> like one of those late 60s and 70s movies where the
> protagonist just moves aimlessly from one scene and strange
> group of characters to the next (Easy Rider, Mean Streets,
> Vanishing Point). I've said before that while I was reading
> Sword of the Lictor, my wife asked "What is it about?" and I
> answered, "I have no idea." "So, why are you reading it?" "I
> have to find out how it ends."
> 
> I told my friend who loaned me the books that Wolfe was a
> tremendous creator of worlds but a so-so writer. And then I
> read "Fifth Head" and understood how to read Wolfe; then I
> was telling people he was the best SF writer period.
> 
> J.
> 
> On 5/24/2011 6:51 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> > You mean, because, known by the name Tabitha, she was
> raised from the dead by Peter.
> > 
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