Gene Wolfe and the Severian series

Dick Smith · 17 Feb 1991, 05:32 · from sf-lovers.1991.mbox

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From: smith!dick at ast.dsd.northrop.com (Dick Smith)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe and the Severian series
Date: 17 Feb 91 05:32:23 GMT
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I made a half-joking comment to Gene Wolfe sometime between the publication
of the 3rd and 4th books of this 4-logy, about being impatient with
Sevarian's progress. His reply:

   "Sevarian is a very slow walker."

Just in case you are wondering, I greatly enjoyed the _Book of the New
Sun_.  I'm less sure about some of Wolfe's later works, but that's for a
different posting.

Dick Smith

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