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I don't see why is it wishful thinking on the part of the blog author (it's not even the author, this is a list by Mielville for the blog site). Mielville didn't claim Wolfe was Socialist or that his work was socialist bent. What he says is this:<BR>
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Refering to the Fiht Head of Cerberus:<BR>
<STRONG>Wolfe is a religious Republican, but his tragico-Catholic perspective leads to a deeply unglamorized and unsanitized awareness of social reality. This book is a very sad and extremely dense, complex meditation on colonialism, identity and oppression.</STRONG><BR>
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Now, everyone interprets Wolfe's work according to his own views, and that is pretty clear in this Urth List too. Mielville may certainly see the work as emphasizing a speculation on colonialism, identy and oppression (since those are possibly the things that most ring a bell to him and touch him) but nowhere do I see any hint that Mielville sees this work as "Socialist", as you seem to imply. <BR> <BR>
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> From: francisj@iinet.net.au<BR>> To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:38:37 +0800<BR>> Subject: Re: (urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists<BR>> <BR>> Wishful thinking on behalf of the blog author, I think. Fifth Head is a<BR>> good post-colonial text but, given how vague and variable (depending on your<BR>> interpretation) the identity between the colonial powers and the natives is,<BR>> attributing any socialist purpose is pretty difficult. Further, if you buy<BR>> Borski's interpretation of the character VRT as being a fairly despicable<BR>> sort (I do), the issue becomes even more confused. The writer might not<BR>> pick up on the identity questions as being as difficult as they are, though,<BR>> which doesn't necessarily fault him (God, if not for this list I wouldn't<BR>> pick up half of what goes on in Wolfe's books).<BR>> <BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: urth-bounces@lists.urth.net [mailto:urth-bounces@lists.urth.net] On<BR>> Behalf Of James Wynn<BR>> Sent: Friday, 17 December 2010 6:21 AM<BR>> To: The Urth Mailing List<BR>> Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists<BR>> <BR>> Blog recommends The Fifth Head of Cerberus as a science fiction work <BR>> that socialists should read...and not as a "know thy enemy" <BR>> recommendation either.<BR>> <BR>> http://kasamaproject.org/2010/12/15/50-works-of-fantasy-science-fiction-for-<BR>> socialists/<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Urth Mailing List<BR>> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Urth Mailing List<BR>> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR> </body>
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