Gene Wolfe: The Soldier series

Thomas Duffey · 19 Aug 1992, 16:07 · from sf-lovers.1992.mbox

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From: duffey at uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Thomas Duffey)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe: The Soldier series
Date: 19 Aug 92 16:07:37 GMT
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dant at techbook.com (Dan Tilque) writes:
>If I remember correctly, Tower Hill is Corinth.  If not then Hill is.

   Yes, Tower Hill is Corinth.  Hill is Thebes, Sestos is Sestos, Nestos I
don't remember being in the book, Cowland is Boetia, Goodcattle Island is
Euboea (sp?), Bearland is Arcadia (another example of mistranslation, I
believe), the Hot Gates are Thermopylae, Redface Island is the Pelopennese,
Riverland is Egypt (obviously so, in Soldier of Arete) and that's all I can
remember off the top of my head.

   I too enjoyed these books a great deal, and reading them sparked an
interest in ancient history when I tried to track down the events described
within the books.

Tom Duffey

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