# Gene Wolfe *The Usenet list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 05 Jun 1991* > 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. --- ### Iain Jameson *05 Jun 1991, 07:39* Most horrible Gene Wolf book ..... There are Doors. This would have to be the most boring book I have ever read. It is the only book I have never been able to finish. Quite a disappointment after devouring the torturer series, the dying earth series and the devil in the forest (or something like that). Has anyone read it, and understand what was going on? Iain --- ### Kari Sutela *05 Jun 1991, 11:29 · in reply to Iain Jameson* ijameson at physics.adelaide.edu.au (Iain Jameson) writes: > Most horrible Gene Wolf book ..... There are Doors. > This would have to be the most boring book I have > ever read. > Has anyone read it, and understand what was going on? Yes, I have read it, and I think I understood what was going on. However, the whole story seemed to be rather pointless --- I don't understand why the book was written. IMHO, it wasn't boring but after reading it I was left with a feeling: "Yeah, so what?". A disappointment. --- ### R o d Johnson *05 Jun 1991, 16:53 · in reply to Iain Jameson* In article <3559 at sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> ijameson at adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au.oz.au (Iain Jameson) writes: > Most horrible Gene Wolf book ..... There are Doors. I agree, it's not good. Oddly enough, it seems to be his current favorite. . . . > Quite a disappointment after devouring the torturer series, > the dying earth series ? Isn't this by Jack Vance? > Has anyone read it, and understand what was going on? Yep. But it's not very interesting. ---