Pathos for Latros (Son of Witz)

David Stockhoff · 19 Mar 2010, 21:11 · from 2010-March.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:21 -0400
Subject: (urth) Pathos for Latros (Son of Witz)
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Just reading that again gave me chills.
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> Geese fly overhead, flying by night, calling like new boots across the sky
> to their fellows. It may be the last sound I hear.  Every man hears a last
> sound. For many it must be the clash of arms. That is a good last sound,
> but the shouts of geese is a better one.  We sink into the earth, down
> into the lands of the dead. Where I shall drink from Death's river to
> forget a life I cannot remember.
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> This is a paragraph written by a man with remarkable depth of soul.  Gene
> Wolfe may be a great and tricky science-fantasy author, and a lot is made
> of his head scratching acrobatics, but first and foremost he is human with
> a profound sense of empathy and an amazing gift for conveying it across
> the gulf between our souls. I'm grateful to read his work. I think Latro
> might be my favorite of his narrative voices. So very human.
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> ~Witz
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