The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe

don doggett · 05 Jun 2007, 16:40 · from 2007-June.txt.gz

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From: kingwukong at yahoo.com (don doggett)
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:40:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe
In-Reply-To: <E1HvTD8-0003gx-Bt at oceanus.uk.clara.net>
Message-ID: <38607.4932.qm at web32415.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

--- Andy Robertson <andywrobertson at clara.co.uk> wrote:

  I first read 
> him as a kid: my only access to SF books was my
> local library and the only 
> Vance book in it was THE DYING EARTH.   For years I
> thought he was an 
> unknown writer who had produced only one exquisite
> work. 

That's a wonderful and beautiful illusion. I felt that
way when I stumbled upon The Circus of Dr. Lao. After
reading it I realized it was entirely appropriate that
it should just drift into my possession.

Don

The Evangelists: a Lesser Apocrypha                                                                        http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=178109961

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