the long and short of it

larry miller · 15 Oct 2011, 18:13 · from 2011-October.txt.gz

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From: biglar1984 at gmail.com (larry miller)
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:13:06 -0400
Subject: (urth) the long and short of it
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Yeah one of the reasons that Ive been reluctant to buy it before now
is that it devotes most of its pages to other Wolfe works and I dont
want anything spoiled  (I have never read the soldier series or Peace-
Yeah I know shame on me).  Most of the stuff on 5HoC I have read on
his Cave Canem website.  I just wanted to know  Borskis theory on how
the New Sun books and Short Sun books connect.  Does he not mention
anything about Horn/Malrubius ghost?  Horn being an Inhumi? etc.  Does
anyone on here have thoughts on these things?

On 10/15/11, Lee Berman <severiansola at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>larry miller: can anyone tell me what Borskis argument for BotSS in the
>> long and
>>short of it is?  I have been unable to  get my hands on a copy and
>>since finishing my reread Im desperate to hear as much analysis on the
>>book as possible.
>
>
>
> Well, I can tell you that the title of that "book" (really a collection of
> essays)
>
> is misleading. The vast majority of it is about other WOlfe works. It is
> pretty
>
> short. Shorter than Solar Labyrinth though, imho, it is far more concise and
> provides
>
> less fantastic speculation and poorly thought out conclusions.
>
>
>
> I think in Long and Short Of It, Borski provides the best analysis and most
> interesting
>
> conclusions for Fifth Head of Cerberus, Peace and the Latro/Soldier series.
>
>
>
> He barely mentions Long Sun and he is pretty pedestrian regarding Short Sun.
> I think you
>
> can find better discussion and analysis here. He connects Babby and Pig. And
> pointlessly
>
> decides that Seawrack's real name comes from some Irish seaweed or
> something.  He
>
> discusses the mystery of how Inhumi accomplish interplanetary travel. He
> argues that Pas
>
> is a Neighbor.
>
>
>
> I think he is not as good at tying things all together as the combined
> efforts of the people
>
> contributing to this list. But, for the 5HoC and other stuff, I'd say the
> book is worth
>
> reading. I think I got my copy from AbeBooks online. They seem to have a
> number of copies
>
> still available, some of which can be had for under $20 US.
>
>
>
> http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=borski&sts=t&tn=long+and+short&x=0&y=0
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