Questions . . .

Adam Thornton · 27 Nov 2007, 20:18 · from 2007-November.txt.gz

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From: adam at io.com (Adam Thornton)
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:18:28 -0600
Subject: (urth) Questions . . .
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On Nov 27, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Recursive Loop wrote:

> Gene Wolfe's "New Sun" as an homage to Borges? Hmmm...maybe I've  
> finally got the hook to toss to
> my one friend who likes Borges but despises that darn Buck Rogers  
> stuff.
>
> :)
>

Ultan is pretty clearly Borges.  I have it on good (but secondary)  
authority that Cyby is Gary-Stu.  And that, of course, makes Nessus  
Buenos Aries (which fits rather neatly).

Adam

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