Evil Guest Reviewed in Washington Post SF Roundup

aaron · 13 Oct 2008, 22:58 · from 2008-October.txt.gz

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From: aaronsingleton at gmail.com (aaron)
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:58:00 -0400
Subject: (urth) Evil Guest Reviewed in Washington Post SF Roundup
In-Reply-To: <C51913E2.7C1E%ishmael at drizzle.com>
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For me, _An Evil Guest_ started out as a real page turner and kept my
interest all the way through.  And I usually become bored with books in a
very short time.  Wolfe and Jack Vance are two writers who almost always
keep me reading.  So for me, I do not agree with the latter review.

On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:04 PM, James Crossley <ishmael at drizzle.com> wrote:

> The Strange Horizons review captures a great deal of what I think about
> Wolfe, especially recent works such as "Memorare," _Pirate Freedom_ and now
> _Evil Guest_.  All have hidden depths that make them well worth exploring
> and reward rereading, but am I the only one who feels that Wolfe is on the
> verge (if not past it) of making the initial reading experience
> off-putting?
>
> James
>
> On 10/13/08 12:34 PM, "Craig Brewer" <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Speaking of EG reviews, there's one up on the Strange Horizons website,
> as
> > well:
> >
> > http://www.strangehorizons.com/reviews/2008/10/an_evil_guest_b.shtml
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Matthew Keeley <matthew.keeley.1 at gmail.com>
> > To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
> > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 2:30:24 PM
> > Subject: (urth) Evil Guest Reviewed in Washington Post SF Roundup
> >
> > Alas, Wolfe didn't get his own review column this time, though of
> > course the Post is generally pretty good to him - our own Nick Gevers
> > had a Wolfe piece there some time ago, and Post critic Michael Dirda
> > is something of a Wolfe fan.
> >
> >
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR200810090253
> > 7.html
> >
> > -Matt
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