New interview

Son of Witz · 07 Jan 2009, 17:09 · from 2009-January.txt.gz

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From: sonofwitz at butcherbaker.org (Son of Witz)
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:09:56 +0000
Subject: (urth) New interview
Message-ID: <W4792211825284791231348196@webmail26>

I agree, I'd love to hear Wolfe read it.
Avers does a good job though. I really like his characterization of Severian, actually, just the right mix of foolishness and sophistication.  I do wonder about many of his pronunciations, which change from book to book as well.
just started listening to the Nightside audiobook. I think it's Avers, but I skipped the attribution.  Right off the bat I was wondering about his pronunciation.  Pa(y)tera, not Pa(h)tera.  I think the phenome must be Pah, not Pay, by simple contrast to Maytera. 

As I may have mentioned, it's great to listen. I notice different stuff than when I'm reading.

~witz

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Craig Brewer [mailto:cnbrewer at yahoo.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 07:28 AM
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>Sounds indeed. My latest read-thru of New Sun was a "listen-through" from the audio versions that have been posted here before. Quite a different experience with many things standing out that didn't when I've read them before. (Also some unintentionally hilarious moments when the narrator tries to pronounce some of the unusual vocab, and even does it differently within the same paragraph...and then there's some questionable characterization at times...he makes Severian sound like a nasally git...but still quite enjoyable.) It would be wonderful to hear Wolfe read the whole thing.
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>----- Original Message ----
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>thanks.
>I like the bit about sounds and voices.
>the comments at the bottom are hilarious.
>~witz
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>On Jan 7, 2009, at 4:30 AM, Kettil Rejving wrote:
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>> Hi everyone! I found this in my Gene Wolfe news feed:
>> http://www.nebulaawards.com/index.php/interview/gene_wolfe
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>> Kettil,
>> Sweden
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