Gene Wolfe

Klaus Ole Kristiansen · 08 Apr 1992, 08:09 · from sf-lovers.1992.mbox

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From: klaus at diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe
Date: 8 Apr 92 08:09:05 GMT
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I have read these books by Wolfe: TheBook of the New Sun, The Urth (sp?) of
the New Sun, Endangered Species.

Wolfe is a great language wizard. I love the language of TBotNS. It gives
the fantasy world a unique, alien feel.

The stories in ES are very different (from each other). They are not all to
my liking, but they are all well written. Three are really great stories.
Those three are also very, very different.

Klaus O K

PS. I bought ES because someone said on the net that it contains 3 really
great stories. I agree, but I wonder if we agree on which they are. For me
it's War beneath the Tree, When I Was Ming the Merciless, and In the House
of Gingerbread.

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