Has anyone read the short story "Mute" by Gene Wolfe? It was one of the stories in the collection called Wastelands that I am reading right now and it confused the hell out of me. I mean, I think I got what it was trying to say, but I'm not sure at all. I've searched the internet for other reviews, but there's not alot out there that I found.
So, has anyone here read it and if so, what is your take on the story?
So, has anyone here read it and if so, what is your take on the story?
Major K
"He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a Prince." George Graham Vest
"We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us." - Maurice Maeterlinck
cobalt Wrote:Is that the story where a brother and sister were on a bus and then in this weird house?
yes
Major K
"He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a Prince." George Graham Vest
"We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us." - Maurice Maeterlinck
cobalt, I didn't get that feeling, but I've read in the few reviews I found that other people thought that way as well. And yeah the ending...that's what I thought was happening, but wasn't sure. Kind of ruined the story, completely unnecessary and distrubing.
Major K
"He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a Prince." George Graham Vest
"We are alone, absolutely alone on this chance planet: and, amid all the forms of life that surround us, not one, excepting the dog, has made an alliance with us." - Maurice Maeterlinck
[video=youtube;4FOQNuKcf7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FOQNuKcf7s[/video]
[SIZE=2]"There are many things more horrible than bloodshed; and slavery is one of them."
Padraig Pearse[/SIZE]
Well it has Elisabeth Shue. That's all it needs. :becky: