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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> After all, "Gene Wolfe" wants to make sure that all</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> the other Gene Wolfes that follow him are not only</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> Gene-etic (a pun I suspect Wolfe had in mind,
given</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> the focus on his name throughout the story: we
think</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> he's only talking about wolves in stories, but I
suspect</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> he's also talking about genes) replicas but also
replicas</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> in every other way, especially education and
upbringing. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> Of course, he can't control *everything* but as many</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> things as he can control he is controlling in order
to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> make sure that every cloned son is as like him as</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> possible until he/they finally achieve/s his/their full
potential. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Gerry responds:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> Controlling everything? I suppose you could consider
writing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>> a book that way...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>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.</FONT></DIV>
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