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Is Thomas Disch the Right God for You?

Jun 24, 2008 08:08

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magentamn June 24 2008, 13:03:39 UTC

For this poem alone, I adore you!

Adoration magentamn June 24 2008, 14:48:27 UTC

Me too.

Supplication anonymous June 24 2008, 20:19:41 UTC

Well, I adore this poem for you. I feel better now, knowing I'm safe in the afterlife. After all, I've religiously read your works even before I was sure you were God.

it's been a long time since _The Sub_... anonymous June 24 2008, 21:11:19 UTC

Finally got the novel yesterday. Terrific book.

I await a statement from somewhere that "there is no god but
Disch, and is his prophet."

Doubtless such a cult would take up residence in Texas these
days. :-]

Bravo, Tom. Finish _The Pressure of Time_, maybe? Please?

LSN

Re: it's been a long time since _The Sub_... anonymous June 24 2008, 21:13:46 UTC

Ugh, interesting posting software elided a bracketed word.

Should read as "there is no god but Disch, and (fill in name) is his prophet."

Re: it's been a long time since _The Sub_... anonymous June 24 2008, 21:15:05 UTC

And we'd like to hear the tale of the Miracle of the I-35 Dairy Queen that Mike Moorcock alludes to in his blurb. :-]

Hiccupcrite doaner19 June 24 2008, 23:06:06 UTC

Nothing like a little dose of capitalism to brighten your mood.

The Pantheon According to Amazon anonymous June 25 2008, 03:49:04 UTC

I got my copy of The Word of God from Amazon (but then You knew that). Based on this purchase Amazon has recommended books by Spider Robinson, Neal Stephenson, Gene Wolfe, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. LeGuin and Charles Stoss. I don't believe any of these people are recognized deities.

Re: The Pantheon According to Amazon doaner19 June 25 2008, 07:13:52 UTC

Depends on what institution does the recognizing. LeGuin with feminists (and a small, patronizing segment of the literary elite); Robinson with Heinlein fanatics (and, one would assume, Robinson fanatics); likewise with the others and their true believers. I'm currently reading "The Citadel of the Autarch"; I wouldn't call Gene Wolfe 'God' but he is Good.

Maybe they are apostles. Of course if (as one of the recently departed had suggested) Ballard is the Father and Disch is the Son, then who is the Holy Spirit? I vote for Aldiss, but that's a purely personal choice; Dick and Sturgeon* must be in the running as well. And if accept that Clarke et al (your favorites listed here) are archangels, who then is the fallen one?**

*That they are the two most prominent authors not honored with the Grand Master Award, having lost eligibility by passing away before they could be voted in, may or may not be a coincidence here.

**Not Delany; God's displeasure with him notwithstanding.

Re: The Pantheon According to Amazon donovan_s_brain June 25 2008, 21:07:20 UTC

I like Aldiss as the Holy Spirit; and Haldeman's last book was very good. Stross is already a pope, and could possibly be classified as weakly godlike. Stephenson has great powers of organization and invention, but so far he hasn't managed to bring a character to life. Spider's sentimentality somehow holds him back, even when he deliberately eschews it. I'm on record pretty firmly about LeGuin, and I suspect Wolfe would rather not be mentioned in this context, given his religious views.
Aldiss would make a great Holy Spirit. Sturgeon wrote like an angel, but was all too human. Dick also badly lost control of his life. Let's just say there are reasons why Delany would be unsuitable.
But, as crow implies, Man proposes but Tom disposes. It's His blog, and His choice.

My Goddess, Princess Grace doaner19 June 26 2008, 04:57:16 UTC

Thanks for the consideration on Aldiss, and for agreeing that Delany is unsuitable as Beelzebub.