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I've only read Kraken, his latest, and I enjoyed it very much. But then again, I'm partial to giant squids.<BR>
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From: gerryq@indigo.ie<BR>To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:28:06 +0000<BR>Subject: Re: (urth) Gene Wolfe is for Socialists<BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Agreed. Mieville made it pretty clear.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Mieville is good, though currently a little over-rated, I think. I read _Perdido Street Station_ and enjoyed it, but am in no great rush to read the sequels. I also enjoyed _The City and the City_ which is a pretty interesting take on a bizarre Borgesian world set on present day Earth, with no supernatural element.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Gerry Quinn</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR></DIV>My politics are very far from Mieville's, though I admired the one Mieville story I've read so far. And Mieville admits that not all the writers he cites are anywhere near socialist, or even on the left. Consider his comments on Keith Roberts' Pavane:
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<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 9:23 PM, Matthew Knight <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:jacobeiserman@gmail.com">jacobeiserman@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>I'm with Pedro on this one. I think the list's author is finding something of value in 5HOC when viewed through a socialist lens, despite recognizing vast differences between Wolfe's perspective and his own. Here's my own sweeping generalization that is likely logically unprovable: most good art can be appreciated from a variety of angles, insofar as the art reflects something true about life and the angles from which the art is viewed are able to discern some kind of truth, even if distorted.</DIV>
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<DIV class=ecxgmail_quote>On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Pedro Pereira <SPAN dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:domus_artemis@hotmail.com">domus_artemis@hotmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>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></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>_______________________________________________ Urth Mailing List To post, write urth@urth.net Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net </body>
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