started my second read of New Sun

Lee Berman · 13 May 2010, 18:50 · from 2010-May.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee Berman)
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 14:50:50 -0400
Subject: (urth) started my second read of New Sun
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Reformatted- 
>From Kurt Vonnegut's cartoonish Tralfamadorians to
Frank Herbert's mystical Atreides guys, SF authors have struggled
to convey the difficulty for a being who can simultaneously
perceive multiple points in time to communicate with such limited
beings as ourselves who can only directly perceive one moment at a time.
I think Severian's dealings with Tzadkiel and various Hiero-dudes are
Gene Wolfe's attempt to tackle the problem God has in accurately and
understandably conveying His message to humanity. 		 	   		  
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