# Urth Digest, Vol 45, Issue 17 *The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 13 May 2008* > 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. --- ### Yves Meynard *13 May 2008, 01:25* I was wondering why there was so much traffic on the list all of a sudden and feared it was bad news followed by a rash of shocked comments. Glad to find out it's a roll call instead -- I'll briefly add my voice to the choir. I'm a Canadian, first bought a Wolfe novel (_Shadow_) in 1981, the day before my 17th birthday. I've met Gene, he's a very nice guy. His work has influenced my writing -- I used to joke I wanted to be Gene Wolfe when I grew up. I'll second the recommendations for Vance and Crowley enthusiastically. I really liked Mieville's _Perdido Street Station_ and _The Scar_. _Iron Council_, on the other hand, feels to me like his writing has gone sloppy. I stopped about halfway through it and expect to finish it some day, but it's been a disappointment. - Yves --- ### Matthew Groves *13 May 2008, 14:23 · in reply to Yves Meynard* > On 5/12/08, Yves Meynard wrote: > > His work has > influenced my writing Judging by Wizard Knight, there seems to be a feedback loup of influence. > I'll second the recommendations for Vance and Crowley enthusiastically. I > really liked Mieville's _Perdido Street Station_ and _The Scar_. _Iron > Council_, on the other hand, feels to me like his writing has gone sloppy. I have started and abandoned two Crowley novels, Little, Big and The Solitudes. I want to like Crowley, but The Solitudes just seemed pretentious and boring to me. Everyone who reads Wolfe says he is great, and Alice Turner wrote a whole book on him. What am I missing? Matt G. --- ### Pedro Pereira *13 May 2008, 15:01 · in reply to Matthew Groves* ---