"Realistic fiction leaves out too much." - Gene Wolfe

Jack Smith · 30 Apr 2011, 14:48 · from 2011-April.txt.gz

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From: jack.smith.1946 at gmail.com (Jack Smith)
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:48:49 -0400
Subject: (urth) "Realistic fiction leaves out too much." - Gene Wolfe
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" Don't worry, Wolfe is so good at concealing it even the last page won't
help."

LOL


On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>wrote:

>
>
> --- On *Sat, 4/30/11, Gerry Quinn <gerryq at indigo.ie>* wrote:
>
>
>  I have to wonder whether it can be problematic for a writer to feel like
> that - does it lead to an obsessive concern with *concealing* the story,
> lest any reader recognise it before the last page?
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
>
>  Don't worry, Wolfe is so good at concealing it even the last page won't
> help.
>
> However, except for maybe some inscrutable nonsensical word plays by Joyce,
> I've never had so much fun re-reading with notes as I have with Wolfe, so I
> like it.
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-- 
Best wishes,
Jack
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