October 10, 2024 -
Aaron Morey
Reading A Guidebook to the Shambles by Gene Wolfe and Neil Gaiman, I came across a section that is surely from Wolfe. He refers to a (fictitious) home owned by H. H. Holmes. The name sounded vaguely familiar so I looked up the reference o
March 31, 2024 -
Aaron Morey
In Robert Frost’s Steeple Bush there are two poems about stumbling upon the long-undisturbed home of an ancient native person; “To An Ancient” and “A Cliff Dwelling.” The second, in particular is an almost exact description of the scene f
August 5, 2023 -
Aaron Morey
I don’t know whether this has been written about somewhere, but I just finished Swann’s Way. The whole novel feels like an inspiration for Peace (this is not itself a novel thought), but I am starting to think Aunt Olivia is a standin for
May 17, 2022 -
Aaron Morey
I’m reading Christophe Boltanski’s The Safe House, and I can’t help but relate it to Gene Wolfe’s Peace. Stories of houses built as much from memory and past lives as from physical materials. I’m just a melancholic person, so it’
October 28, 2020 -
Aaron Morey
I just finished reading H.P. Lovecraft’s Shadow Over Innsmouth, and I was struck by the idea that it may have inspired parts of Gene Wolfe’s The Fifth Head of Cerberus. Spoilers for both from here forward.
March 13, 2020 -
Aaron Morey
I recently read Gene Wolfe’s novella The Death of Dr. Island and listened to the excellent Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast series