just reading _Book of Days_

Daniel D Jones · 31 Jul 2006, 11:40 · from 2006-July.txt.gz

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From: ddjones at riddlemaster.org (Daniel D Jones)
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 07:40:31 -0400
Subject: (urth) just reading _Book of Days_
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On Sunday 30 July 2006 22:21, Transentient wrote:
> Okay I'm rapidly running out of easily-obtainable Wolfe books to
> read. I've recently started on _Castle of Days,_ and I am ready to
> proclaim the stories in _Gene Wolfe's Book of Days_ to be, IMO,
> Wolfe's best short fiction.

I've just grabbed a whole handful of his other (ie non-solar) stuff.  5thHoC 
was incredible, everything I'd expect from Wolfe.  _The Island of Doctor 
Death..._ was equally impressive.  (Other than "La Befana," which I though to 
be a bit of a gimmick story.)  "Innocents Abroad," however, has been ...well, 
underwhelming.  It isn't _bad_ but the stories don't seem to have the depth 
and impact that I expect from Wolfe.

I haven't got my hands on _Book of Days_ yet, but I will soon.

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