Gene Wolfe and the Severian series

DMARKFIE · 11 Feb 1991, 16:13 · from sf-lovers.1991.mbox

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From: DMARKFIE at indymed.bitnet
Subject: Gene Wolfe and the Severian series
Date: 11 Feb 91 16:13:27 GMT
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>On the subject of Gene Wolfe, are there any people out there who have read
>_The Shadow of the Torturer_ and the other books in the series?  I have
>not found many people who have read GW at all, let alone this series.
>
>Any comments?  Thoughts?

I've got most of the whole story of Severian and IMHO I found it a very
hard read.  Very slow, very plodding at times.  I realize that Gene Wolfe
has won awards, etc. but personally I did have trouble.  I enjoyed Shadow
it was just one of those books it seemed to take forever and Claw of the
Concilliator and Sword of Lichter hit me the same way but, I suppose on
the flip side Wolfe must have been doing something right for me to keep
buying and reading.  (or is it just that masochistic streak rising to the
top?)

Dave Markfield
dmarkfie at indymed.bitnet

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