Wall of Nessus

Jeff Wilson · 17 Jun 2010, 07:01 · from 2010-June.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:01:02 -0500
Subject: (urth) Wall of Nessus
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On 6/17/2010 1:06 AM, Ryan Dunn wrote:
> I think we should assume Gene Wolfe has considered this, as the Wall is quite a present part of the text, no?
>
> Or perhaps I'm reading you wrong. Could be a bit of n00b-itis on my part.

The notional translator of the BotNS signs his notes at the end of 
Volume I as "G.W." G.W. is a fictional Gene Wolfe, very similar to but 
much less informed than the author. This allows the author additional 
license to feint and mislead with errors from an unreviewed and in fact 
unreviewable translation to compound those of an unreliable narrator.



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