VERY good interview. I just finished Home Fires a couple of hours ago, and i'm pondering it in relation to the comments Wolfe makes. This line really makes me laugh:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; "> </span><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; ">"if Skip had been the kind of man that Chelle's father was, I would have had a very different story, and one that I wouldn't much want to write."</span></div>
<div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"><br></span></font><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Matthew Keeley <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:matthew.keeley.1@gmail.com">matthew.keeley.1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Gwern Branwen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gwern0@gmail.com" target="_blank">gwern0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div></div><div>On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 5:57 PM, aaron <<a href="mailto:aaronsingleton@gmail.com" target="_blank">aaronsingleton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> New Wolfe interview where he talks about Home Fires among other things.<br>
> Good one.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i" target="_blank">http://io9.com/5736063/gene-wolfe-talks-dystopian-futures-and-the-chances-of-star+drive-in-our-lifetime?skyline=true&s=i</a><br>
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</div></div>I think this is the third time this interview has been posted.</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>Surely this is the first time the list has repeated itself? </div></div>
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