# The Dispossessed

*The Whorl list — 2 messages, 2 voices, 11 Apr 2001*

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### Nicholas Gevers
*11 Apr 2001, 00:49*

To what Alex says, I can only add:

I'm not surprised Wolfe didn't like THE DISPOSSESSED.
TBSS is all the more, then, his new improved version.

And: Alex, you hit the nail on the head: it's not GW
who's tired of the series, it's Horn who's tired of
writing. Alga and other dissidents take note.

--Nick Gevers.

> Alex David Groce wrote:
> I'll add that I agree with Wolfe about THE
> DISPOSSESSED.  It plus THE
> LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS stands as my examplar of how
> even when the prose
> quality is uniformly excellent, a writer can vary
> wildly in quality.
> 
> Also, I still like Short Sun despite remaining
> clueless about the many
> apparent red herrings it introduces.  The emotional
> impact didn't feel
> forced or as if he were tired of the series to
> me--although it did
> feel as if Silk/Horn was tired of writing.

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### Michael Straight
*11 Apr 2001, 08:36 · follows Nicholas Gevers*

> On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, [iso-8859-1] Nicholas Gevers wrote:
> And: Alex, you hit the nail on the head: it's not GW
> who's tired of the series, it's Horn who's tired of
> writing. Alga and other dissidents take note.

Or Horn who's fading away...

-Rostrum


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