shadow of the torturer and thomas co - (nf)

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From: hplabs!hpda!bvi @ Ucb-Vax
Subject: Re: shadow of the torturer and thomas co - (nf)
Date: 20 Jun 83 11:33:30-PDT (Mon)
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Hmmm... No, the only correlation between Donaldson and Wolfe that
I share is that they're both hard to get into.  However, whereas I
*forced* myself to finish the 1st Donaldson book, and had absolutely
*no* interest in reading any more in the sequence, I found I couldn't
put Shadow of the Torturer down once I got about 1/4 of the way into
it.  It does take a bit of getting used to, because Wolfe writes in a
deliberately obscure manner that forces you to use more imagination
than most other SF books.  I found that Severian and the whole culture
portrayed in the book fascinating; I finished SoT in one sitting and
ran out the next day to buy the other three books, which I finished
post haste.  I only wish there were more!

Beatriz Infante

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