The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe

Craig Brewer · 29 May 2007, 19:44 · from 2007-May.txt.gz

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From: cnbrewer at yahoo.com (Craig Brewer)
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 12:44:29 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe
In-Reply-To: <d716a1c40705290826i6e0dddeay6091daedc16ab7f7 at mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <739190.56543.qm at web36909.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

--- Michael Straight <mfstraight at gmail.com> wrote:

> books--missing what's valuable and worthwhile about
> the books he
> mentions?

I'm curious what you might mention as valuable and
worthwhile when trying to convince people to read
Wolfe. I say this only partly to ask what you feel
this reviewer omits. But it's also because I've had
trouble myself summarizing all that I find compelling
about him when suggesting that others read him.

-Craig

--- Michael Straight <mfstraight at gmail.com> wrote:

> Over and over I read articles like this and I feel
> like the reviewers
> aren't reading the same books I'm reading.
> 
> It almost makes me doubt my ability to read.  I'm I
> deluded?  Or is
> this guy pretty much completely missing--I won't say
> "the point"
> because I don't think there's a single point to any
> of Wolfe's
> books--missing what's valuable and worthwhile about
> the books he
> mentions?
> 
> I wonder how Wolfe feels.
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