# Which Wolfe Should I Read Next? *The Urth list — 7 messages, 5 voices, 11 Nov 2014* > 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. --- ### Antonin Scriabin *11 Nov 2014, 21:04* These are the novels I still have to get through: *Soldier of Sidon* *There Are Doors* *Pirate Freedom* *Home Fires* *The Devil in a Forest* and *Operation Ares* I know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan on reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular favorites of anyone on the list? --- ### Robert Pirkola *11 Nov 2014, 21:09 · follows Antonin Scriabin* 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. --- ### Daniel Otto Jack Petersen *11 Nov 2014, 21:15 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin* I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and interesting overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist. > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin > wrote: > These are the novels I still have to get through: > > > *Soldier of Sidon* > > *There Are Doors* > > *Pirate Freedom* > > *Home Fires* > *The Devil in a Forest* > > and > > *Operation Ares* > > I know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan on > reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular > favorites of anyone on the list? > > _______________________________________________ --- ### Antonin Scriabin *11 Nov 2014, 21:26 · in reply to Daniel Otto Jack Petersen* Is it as bad as they say? I think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that "middle-period fantasist" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview, Free Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest. > On Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, "Daniel Otto Jack Petersen" < > danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote: > I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and interesting > overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist. > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin < > kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote: >> These are the novels I still have to get through: >> >> >> *Soldier of Sidon* >> >> *There Are Doors* >> >> *Pirate Freedom* >> >> *Home Fires* >> *The Devil in a Forest* >> >> and >> >> *Operation Ares* >> >> I know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan on >> reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular >> favorites of anyone on the list? >> >> _______________________________________________ --- ### Daniel Otto Jack Petersen *11 Nov 2014, 22:04 · in reply to Antonin Scriabin* I thought Ares was a particularly unrealised apprentice novel. I might get more out of it someday when I want to delve even deeper into how Wolfe grew as an artist. Devil is not one of my faves per se, but it was a very satisfying read, a very solid novel, if quite odd for Wolfe in some ways. (Yet quite Wolfean in others.) I think it's not one of my faves simply out of preference as to subject matter. It might actually be one of his tightest written in terms of pace and style and perhaps even plot. > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Antonin Scriabin > wrote: > Is it as bad as they say? > > I think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that > "middle-period fantasist" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview, > Free Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest. > On Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, "Daniel Otto Jack Petersen" < > danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote: >> I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and >> interesting overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist. >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin < >> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote: >>> These are the novels I still have to get through: >>> >>> >>> *Soldier of Sidon* >>> >>> *There Are Doors* >>> >>> *Pirate Freedom* >>> >>> *Home Fires* >>> *The Devil in a Forest* >>> >>> and >>> >>> *Operation Ares* >>> >>> I know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan >>> on reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular >>> favorites of anyone on the list? >>> >>> _______________________________________________ --- ### Dan'l Danehy-Oakes *11 Nov 2014, 22:10 · in reply to Daniel Otto Jack Petersen* I would suggest Home Fires, which I think is incredible. > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen < > danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote: > I thought Ares was a particularly unrealised apprentice novel. I might > get more out of it someday when I want to delve even deeper into how Wolfe > grew as an artist. > > Devil is not one of my faves per se, but it was a very satisfying read, a > very solid novel, if quite odd for Wolfe in some ways. (Yet quite Wolfean > in others.) I think it's not one of my faves simply out of preference as > to subject matter. It might actually be one of his tightest written in > terms of pace and style and perhaps even plot. > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Antonin Scriabin < > kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote: >> Is it as bad as they say? >> >> I think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that >> "middle-period fantasist" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview, >> Free Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest. >> On Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, "Daniel Otto Jack Petersen" < >> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote: >>> I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and >>> interesting overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist. >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin < >>> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> These are the novels I still have to get through: >>>> >>>> >>>> *Soldier of Sidon* >>>> >>>> *There Are Doors* >>>> >>>> *Pirate Freedom* >>>> >>>> *Home Fires* >>>> *The Devil in a Forest* >>>> >>>> and >>>> >>>> *Operation Ares* >>>> >>>> I know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan >>>> on reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular >>>> favorites of anyone on the list? >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ --- ### Allan Anderson *12 Nov 2014, 21:48 · in reply to Dan'l Danehy-Oakes* > From that list, I've only read Home Fires and Pirate Freedom. I liked them > both quite a lot. For some reason, I keep Pirate Freedom in the bathroom, > and keep coming back to it in bits and pieces. I didn't think it would be a > favorite of mine when I read it first, but for some reason it's dear to my > heart. I hope you enjoy it, too, whenever you get to it. > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:10 PM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes > wrote: > I would suggest Home Fires, which I think is incredible. > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Daniel Otto Jack Petersen < > danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote: >> I thought Ares was a particularly unrealised apprentice novel. I might >> get more out of it someday when I want to delve even deeper into how Wolfe >> grew as an artist. >> >> Devil is not one of my faves per se, but it was a very satisfying read, a >> very solid novel, if quite odd for Wolfe in some ways. (Yet quite Wolfean >> in others.) I think it's not one of my faves simply out of preference as >> to subject matter. It might actually be one of his tightest written in >> terms of pace and style and perhaps even plot. >> >> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Antonin Scriabin < >> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote: >>> Is it as bad as they say? >>> >>> I think I'll go with Doors, based on your suggestion and the fact that >>> "middle-period fantasist" Wolfe is one of my favorite wolves (Castleview, >>> Free Live Free) then Robert's pick of The Devil in a Forest. >>> On Nov 11, 2014 4:15 PM, "Daniel Otto Jack Petersen" < >>> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I loved There Are Doors - minor in a way, but really weird and >>>> interesting overall. Operation Ares to me is only for the completist. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Antonin Scriabin < >>>> kierkegaurdian at gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> These are the novels I still have to get through: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> *Soldier of Sidon* >>>>> >>>>> *There Are Doors* >>>>> >>>>> *Pirate Freedom* >>>>> >>>>> *Home Fires* >>>>> *The Devil in a Forest* >>>>> >>>>> and >>>>> >>>>> *Operation Ares* >>>>> >>>>> I know this last doesn't have a good reputation, but I own it and plan >>>>> on reading it for the sake of completeness. Are any of these particular >>>>> favorites of anyone on the list? >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ ---