Pandora/Gene Wolfe

Dan Tilque · 10 Feb 1991, 00:27 · from sf-lovers.1991.mbox

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From: dant at mtdoom.wr.tek.com (Dan Tilque)
Subject: Re: Pandora/Gene Wolfe
Date: 10 Feb 91 00:27:35 GMT
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tisu at quads.uchicago.edu (seth alan tisue) writes:
>[...] "Soldier of the Mist".  With that series, I'm waiting until Wolfe
>finishes writing all the books, so I can read them in order without long
>pauses in between.  My first foray into SotM made it pretty clear that it
>was going to be at least as (delightfully!) difficult to assimilate as
>"The Book of the New Sun", which I could never have followed if I'd had to
>wait a year between books.  Oh well.

Based on a number of internal references (both in the prefaces and in the
text), I do not expect anymore "Solder of" books.  Unfortunately, I can't
say why without giving some pretty serious spoilers, and since you haven't
read the books yet, I'm sure you don't want them.

As for waiting for all the books, that's a good idea.  After reading
_Soldier of Arete_, I felt the need to go back and reread _Mist_ again and
then reread _Arete_ immediately after.  I also felt like I should be taking
notes - I kept forgetting everything from more than a chapter or two
before.

Dan Tilque

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