Comments on: Gene Wolfe’s “How the Whip Came Back” http://dynamicsubspace.net/2007/04/23/gene-wolfes-how-the-whip-came-back/ Studying Science Fiction, Neuroscience, and Digital Technology Wed, 23 May 2012 13:30:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bob Onsworth http://dynamicsubspace.net/2007/04/23/gene-wolfes-how-the-whip-came-back/#comment-5051 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 13:36:03 +0000 http://dynamicsubspace.net/2007/04/23/gene-wolfes-how-the-whip-came-back/#comment-5051 Hi,

According to Wikipedia, Wolfe may not have been so far off:

American prisons and jails held 2,292,133 inmates at yearend 2009.

The sky is apparently the limit.

B

]]> By: Jonas http://dynamicsubspace.net/2007/04/23/gene-wolfes-how-the-whip-came-back/#comment-1317 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:55:54 +0000 http://dynamicsubspace.net/2007/04/23/gene-wolfes-how-the-whip-came-back/#comment-1317 I found this story fascinating on many levels as well, although I thought Wolfe’s portrayal of the Roman Catholic Church as the bulwark against a morally bankrupt political world order risible.

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