REQUEST: Gene Wolfe recommendation

Klaus Ole Kristiansen · 19 Jan 1993, 13:08 · from sf-lovers.1993.mbox

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From: klaus at diku.dk (Klaus Ole Kristiansen)
Subject: Re: REQUEST: Gene Wolfe recommendation
Date: 19 Jan 93 13:08:44 GMT
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loren at wmkt.wharton.upenn.edu (Loren Miller) writes:
>His short story writing is impressive and literary, and IMO boring,

I find them very uneven. I have only read one book of Wolfe short stories,
Endangered Species.

Some are rather boring.

Some makes litle sense, but contains fantastic quotes:
"Long ago, when the universe was old ..."
Wolfe is a great language wizard.

Some are great stories. War Beneath the Tree alone is worth the price of
the book. So is When I Was Ming the Meciless. So is In The House of
Gingerbread.

Klaus O K

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