# 5HC a good introduction to Wolfe (and testing 1 2 3) *The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 16 Apr 2002* > Exported from an unofficial mirror of a public mailing list. Copyright > in each message remains with the person who wrote it. > Email addresses are obscured as `user at host`, the form the original > archive published. This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than > retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact. --- ### Alex David Groce *16 Apr 2002, 19:24* I've finally managed (I think) to get back onto the list after some struggles due to CMU's bizarre email setup. I've semi-read the archives for my time away. I'm actually rereading 5HC myself just now, after recommending it to a friend who convinced me to read _Wide Sargasso Sea_. I finished the first novella last night. It was my first Wolfe as well--and the hook was set for life after it. This time what really struck me was the compressed Proust aspect--the Baron Charlus' house + the girl in the park + the memory well rolled into 60 pages, while every allusion manages to perform six other functions while it's at it. ``` "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32 -- Alex David Groce (agroce+ at cs.cmu.edu) Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department 8112 Wean Hall (412)-268-3066 http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~agroce -- ``` ---