Who else has read IGJ?

Anybody else out there got hold of an advance copy of In Green's Jungles? After reading it, I've still got a lot more questions than answers. I can't wait for people who are smarter than me to get the book and start discussing it. In the meantime, I promise to keep my mouth shut, difficult as that may be. Yves Meynard (yes, I'm gloating) *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

I'm another of the fortunate (or damnable) few, and I'm also eager to begin the discussion. In the dwindling meantime, let me ask you this, Yves: do you now know why there was no guard at the Citadel gate in Chapter I of THE SHADOW OF THE TORTURER?

I think there are six of us. That really isn't enough. Have others put in advance orders? What is the critical mass when we can start talking? -alga *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

I have no desire to see your review (or any) before I read the book, but, as long as you clearly mark it in the subject header I can skip it and save it for later, so post away.

I put in my order about two weeks ago. As far as I am concerned, as long as a suitable label (such as "IGJ Spoilers") is in the subject header of all the messages that make up this discussion and it is restricted to the Whorl list, then the discussion can begin right now. I will just save the messages until after I have a chance to read the book (I did this with OBW). Have fun, you lucky skunks (as Gary Larson of Far Side fame would say). William Ansley *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.

This list is normally a quiet, reflective and above all intellectual place; but right now you'll have dozens of people feverishly scouring the yellow pages to discover which category covers contract hit-men.... Matthew *This is WHORL, for discussion of Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun.