(urth) Like a good Neighbor

[Gerry Quinn]

From: Lee Berman 
> Gerry is working as a covert atheist warrior, and thus can be expected to try to argue
> away all wisps of myth and religion wherever he may find them, including Wolfe stories.

Pathethic.  Actually I’ve supported the view that there is a strong religious thread running through Wolfe’s entire canon, and nowhere (in long works) is it stronger than in the Solar Cycle.
What I do not do is make a mockery of it with a hotchpotch of unrelated symbols of every myth, arguments that God is an evil demiurge, and the like.  If anyone is a “covert atheist warrior”, it is you. 

> It is nice of you to side with the "underdog" btw. That is a caring, sympathetic
> stance. But do be aware that the roles were reversed only a few short years ago. 
> Anyone attempting to investigate the deeper structure of these works was quickly 
> shouted down by a chorus of Gerry types. 

I don’t know what you mean by a “Gerry type”.  I wasn’t here.  But if by “shouting down” you mean “pointing out problems” I can well imagine it.

> A heroic effort rescued the board from those days. It was pretty bad. It could 
> go weeks and months without anything of greater substance than notice of 
> an article about Wolfe in some SF magazine. If the pendulum swings too far 
> in the "creative" direction and the board becomes filled with Gerry's greatest 
> fear-"unthought out drivel", things will swing back. But right now I think there 
> is a nice balance of thought and criticism.

Then why so defensive when I and others criticise ideas?  Because we’re good at it?  Perhaps what you’d like is a nice little flock of token critics whose objections can easily be brushed aside?
- Gerry Quinn
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