Weekly blog links

David Stockhoff · 15 Apr 2009, 14:04 · from 2009-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:04:46 -0400
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True. And Oreb's comic relief tends to highlight that melancholia, at least in retrospect.

Much of the tone in BotNS comes from Severian himself, of course, and he experienced everything he narrates. The later narrators are, for me, harder to get a grip on, especially since they are less settled in terms of identity. Also, Nettle narrates from a distant (and unexalted) perspective.

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Oreb remains funny throughout, but I agree--there's little humor in Short
Sun.  It's a melancholy work.

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