The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe

Batrinque at aol.com · 04 Jun 2007, 22:58 · from 2007-June.txt.gz

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From: Batrinque at aol.com (Batrinque at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 18:58:03 EDT
Subject: (urth) The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe
Message-ID: <c60.1187b4ca.3395f2fb at aol.com>

In a message dated 6/4/2007 6:56:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ddjones at riddlemaster.org writes:

Interesting take on what's been said.  I'm not sure why you  interpret it 
that 
way, as I don't recall anyone saying that those who  don't find Wolfe 
appealing were lazy or unwilling to work.  Perhaps  it was hidden in the 
text, 
a careful blend of hints and clues that  requires multiple readings to ferret 
out the hidden slur.  I would  have thought that reading Wolfe might have 
sensitized me to such  subtleties, but apparently I wasn't sufficiently 
perceptive to notice this  subtext.

Yes, we must be sensitive to the "unreliable narrator" technique ...  

Bruce  Trinque
Amston, CT

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