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Well, I understand that Wolfe is saying, among other things, that
Naturalism and Realism address solely what *is* as opposed to What
Might Have Been and therefore cannot state authoritatively "Why What
Is Is". You can't address the nature of Identity in Realistic
fiction. You can't take seriously mythology, miracles, magic or
ghosts (even though people REALLY act as though such things are
true, and some claim experiences that confirm it). <br>
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Still, it's quite a thing to say for an author who typically stops
the narrative just when a big (apparently important) action scene is
about to occur-- a writer who creates vast worlds and has the reader
look at it through a paper towel tube.<br>
<br>
J. <br>
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On 4/29/2011 4:50 PM, Daniel Petersen wrote:
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collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">'I do
think he is saying realistic fiction leaves out the unexplained
mystery of life, the majestic grace of the impossible that
creeps into our everyday, that ignores things that are beyond
the rational and explicable laws of the commonly perceived
reality and fiction'</span>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, sans-serif"><span
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So, no. I don't think it's the pot/kettle scenario.</span></font></div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Marc
Aramini <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Some of Wolfe's interviews are priceless for that quality.
"Looking for the thumb print under the lily"? Oh, it was a
lily, huh?<br>
<br>
Anybody read his contribution to Last Drink Bird Head? I
feel like that little exercise is SO classic Wolfe. Sets up
a scenario, throws in a random plastic toy, and then leaves
us to figure out how the concluding event went down. I
think it is not necessarily an impossible task, but it sure
is a bit inscrutable to fully "get" that conclusion. (Did
Damon Knight get really mad? What happened to the toy? why
is the unconscious guy back there at the end of the bar? Is
that his toy bird?)<br>
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I do think he is saying realistic fiction leaves out the
unexplained mystery of life, the majestic grace of the
impossible that creeps into our everyday, that ignores
things that are beyond the rational and explicable laws of
the commonly perceived reality and fiction, (but we all know
what he was really saying, anyway).<br>
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--- On Fri, 4/29/11, James Wynn <<a
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> From: James Wynn <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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> Subject: (urth) "Realistic fiction leaves out too
much." - Gene Wolfe<br>
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> Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 12:24 PM<br>
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<div class="h5">> I just read this quote by Wolfe.<br>
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> Irony? Pot-Meet-Kettle?<br>
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> J<br>
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