Pathos for Latros (Son of Witz)
The Urth list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 19 Mar 2010
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David Stockhoff — 19 Mar 2010, 21:11

Just reading that again gave me chills.

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> From: "Son of Witz" <sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org>
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> Geese fly overhead, flying by night, calling like new boots across the sky
> to their fellows. It may be the last sound I hear.  Every man hears a last
> sound. For many it must be the clash of arms. That is a good last sound,
> but the shouts of geese is a better one.  We sink into the earth, down
> into the lands of the dead. Where I shall drink from Death's river to
> forget a life I cannot remember.
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> This is a paragraph written by a man with remarkable depth of soul.  Gene
> Wolfe may be a great and tricky science-fantasy author, and a lot is made
> of his head scratching acrobatics, but first and foremost he is human with
> a profound sense of empathy and an amazing gift for conveying it across
> the gulf between our souls. I'm grateful to read his work. I think Latro
> might be my favorite of his narrative voices. So very human.
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> ~Witz
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Son of Witz — 19 Mar 2010, 21:32
  in reply to David Stockhoff

> On Fri, March 19, 2010 5:11 pm, David Stockhoff wrote:
> Just reading that again gave me chills.

happy to help. it's a hot day.

I really love these Latro books. I don't mind feeling lost in the plot.
Latro is lost too.

I haven't heard anything about more of them, though I don't suppose I
would. It must take a lot of research to write these.  I don't know how
Sidon ends. One wants Latro to get his memory, but that might thwart the
very point. Still, one wants him to find peace.

> > [quote]
> > Geese fly overhead, flying by night, calling like new boots across the
> > sky
> > to their fellows. It may be the last sound I hear.  Every man hears a
> > last
> > sound. For many it must be the clash of arms. That is a good last sound,
> > but the shouts of geese is a better one.  We sink into the earth, down
> > into the lands of the dead. Where I shall drink from Death's river to
> > forget a life I cannot remember.
> > [/quote]

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