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This file was rebuilt from parsed fields rather than retained headers, so it is faithful in content but not byte-exact.", "addresses": "obscured as 'user at host'" }, "archive": "urth", "thread": { "id": 6698, "subject": "Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "messages": 7, "voices": 5, "first": "2014-11-11T21:04:45+00:00", "last": "2014-11-12T21:48:04+00:00" }, "messages": [ { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2014-11-11T21:04:45+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "in_reply_to": null, "reply_link": null, "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "These are the novels I still have to get through:\n\n\n*Soldier of Sidon*\n\n*There Are Doors*\n\n*Pirate Freedom*\n\n*Home Fires*\n*The Devil in a Forest*\n\nand\n\n*Operation Ares*\n\nI know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan on\nreading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular\nfavorites of anyone on the list?" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Robert Pirkola", "address": "rpirkola at hotmail.com" }, "date": "2014-11-11T21:09:47+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "subject", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I have a particular fondness for *The Devil in a Forest*. Something about the settingand characters struck a chord with my sensibilities. Though it appears to explain awaymost of its mysteries, I feel there are still some hidden layers that are yet to explicated.\n \t\t \t \t\t " } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Daniel Otto Jack Petersen", "address": "danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com" }, "date": "2014-11-11T21:15:38+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and interesting\noverall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin \nwrote:\nThese are the novels I still have to get through:\n\n\n*Soldier of Sidon*\n\n*There Are Doors*\n\n*Pirate Freedom*\n\n*Home Fires*\n*The Devil in a Forest*\n\nand\n\n*Operation Ares*\n\nI know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan on\nreading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular\nfavorites of anyone on the list?\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Antonin Scriabin", "address": "kierkegaurdian at gmail.com" }, "date": "2014-11-11T21:26:37+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "Is it as bad as they say?\n\nI think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that\n\"middle-period fantasist\" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview,\nFree Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, \"Daniel Otto Jack Petersen\" <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:\nI loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and interesting\noverall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist.\n\nOn Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "These are the novels I still have to get through:\n\n\n*Soldier of Sidon*\n\n*There Are Doors*\n\n*Pirate Freedom*\n\n*Home Fires*\n*The Devil in a Forest*\n\nand\n\n*Operation Ares*\n\nI know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan on\nreading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular\nfavorites of anyone on the list?\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Daniel Otto Jack Petersen", "address": "danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com" }, "date": "2014-11-11T22:04:41+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I thought Ares was a particularly unrealised apprentice novel. I might get\nmore out of it someday when I want to delve even deeper into how Wolfe grew\nas an artist.\n\nDevil is not one of my faves per se, but it was a very satisfying read, a\nvery solid novel, if quite odd for Wolfe in some ways. (Yet quite Wolfean\nin others.) I think it's not one of my faves simply out of preference as\nto subject matter. It might actually be one of his tightest written in\nterms of pace and style and perhaps even plot." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Antonin Scriabin \nwrote:\nIs it as bad as they say?\n\nI think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that\n\"middle-period fantasist\" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview,\nFree Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest.\nOn Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, \"Daniel Otto Jack Petersen\" <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and\ninteresting overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist.\n\nOn Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "These are the novels I still have to get through:\n\n\n*Soldier of Sidon*\n\n*There Are Doors*\n\n*Pirate Freedom*\n\n*Home Fires*\n*The Devil in a Forest*\n\nand\n\n*Operation Ares*\n\nI know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan\non reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular\nfavorites of anyone on the list?\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes", "address": "danldo at gmail.com" }, "date": "2014-11-11T22:10:21+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "text", "depth": 0, "text": "I would suggest Home Fires, which I think is incredible." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:\nI thought Ares was a particularly unrealised apprentice novel. I might\nget more out of it someday when I want to delve even deeper into how Wolfe\ngrew as an artist.\n\nDevil is not one of my faves per se, but it was a very satisfying read, a\nvery solid novel, if quite odd for Wolfe in some ways. (Yet quite Wolfean\nin others.) I think it's not one of my faves simply out of preference as\nto subject matter. It might actually be one of his tightest written in\nterms of pace and style and perhaps even plot.\n\nOn Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "Is it as bad as they say?\n\nI think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that\n\"middle-period fantasist\" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview,\nFree Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest.\nOn Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, \"Daniel Otto Jack Petersen\" <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and\ninteresting overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist.\n\nOn Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "These are the novels I still have to get through:\n\n\n*Soldier of Sidon*\n\n*There Are Doors*\n\n*Pirate Freedom*\n\n*Home Fires*\n*The Devil in a Forest*\n\nand\n\n*Operation Ares*\n\nI know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan\non reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular\nfavorites of anyone on the list?\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] }, { "message_id": "", "from": { "name": "Allan Anderson", "address": "rubel at goosemoon.org" }, "date": "2014-11-12T21:48:04+00:00", "subject": "(urth) Which Wolfe Should I Read Next?", "in_reply_to": "", "reply_link": "header", "blocks": [ { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "From that list, I've only read Home Fires and Pirate Freedom. I liked them\nboth quite a lot. For some reason, I keep Pirate Freedom in the bathroom,\nand keep coming back to it in bits and pieces. I didn't think it would be a\nfavorite of mine when I read it first, but for some reason it's dear to my\nheart. I hope you enjoy it, too, whenever you get to it." }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 1, "text": "On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes \nwrote:\nI would suggest Home Fires, which I think is incredible.\n\nOn Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 2, "text": "I thought Ares was a particularly unrealised apprentice novel. I might\nget more out of it someday when I want to delve even deeper into how Wolfe\ngrew as an artist.\n\nDevil is not one of my faves per se, but it was a very satisfying read, a\nvery solid novel, if quite odd for Wolfe in some ways. (Yet quite Wolfean\nin others.) I think it's not one of my faves simply out of preference as\nto subject matter. It might actually be one of his tightest written in\nterms of pace and style and perhaps even plot.\n\nOn Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 3, "text": "Is it as bad as they say?\n\nI think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that\n\"middle-period fantasist\" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview,\nFree Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest.\nOn Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, \"Daniel Otto Jack Petersen\" <\ndanielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 4, "text": "I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and\ninteresting overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist.\n\nOn Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin <\nkierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote:" }, { "kind": "quote", "depth": 5, "text": "These are the novels I still have to get through:\n\n\n*Soldier of Sidon*\n\n*There Are Doors*\n\n*Pirate Freedom*\n\n*Home Fires*\n*The Devil in a Forest*\n\nand\n\n*Operation Ares*\n\nI know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan\non reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular\nfavorites of anyone on the list?\n\n_______________________________________________" } ] } ] }