Morgan/Wolfe

Joe Smulkstis13 Feb 2009, 03:50

D. Douglas Fratz, reviewing Richard Morgan's "The Steel Remains", said: But for me the best example of this subgenre can be found in the work of Gene Wolfe, beginning with his Book of the New Sun novels, fantasy novels set in a remote but very imaginable future that have the gritty realism of the best science fiction. Richard K. Morgan is clearly mining Wolfe territory, and that is fine territory indeed. Has anyone here read the book and, if so, is the reviewer's comparison with Wolfe accurate? The Kovac's novels didn't strike me as at all Wolfean. Muskrat

Lane Haygood13 Feb 2009, 04:05

↳ in reply to Joe Smulkstis

I have it on my "to read" list. I'll report in when I'm finished. But... I don't think it's going to be Wolfean, at least not from the description I read. -L.

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On Feb 12, 2009, at 9:50 PM, Joe Smulkstis wrote: D. Douglas Fratz, reviewing Richard Morgan's "The Steel Remains", said: But for me the best example of this subgenre can be found in the work of Gene Wolfe, beginning with his Book of the New Sun novels, fantasy novels set in a remote but very imaginable future that have the gritty realism of the best science fiction. Richard K. Morgan is clearly mining Wolfe territory, and that is fine territory indeed. Has anyone here read the book and, if so, is the reviewer's comparison with Wolfe accurate? The Kovac's novels didn't strike me as at all Wolfean. Muskrat _______________________________________________

Rob Thornton13 Feb 2009, 14:25

↳ in reply to Lane Haygood

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On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Lane Haygood <lhaygood at gmail.com> wrote: I have it on my "to read" list. I'll report in when I'm finished. But... I don't think it's going to be Wolfean, at least not from the description I read. -L.

Richard K. Morgan reminded me of cyberpunk. The closest authors to Wolfe in my mind (in terms of prose style) are Paul Park and John Crowley, though I don't think that anyone in F/SF can beat Wolfe in creating unreliable narratives. The only non-SF author that comes to mind is Ford Madox Ford ("The Good Soldier"). rob t.

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