instant new fan

David Stockhoff · 20 Dec 2011, 00:14 · from 2011-December.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:14:33 -0500
Subject: (urth) instant new fan
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On 12/19/2011 6:43 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>> From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes<danldo at gmail.com>
>> I have many favorite passages in tBotNS, all of which totally blow me
>> away with the beauty of the language.
>>
>> My favorite, however, must be the passage in _Citadel_ where he
>> realizes that the Claw was just the thorn of a rosebush, ending with
>> the line about throwing his boots into the sea so that he might not
>> walk shod on holy land.
> Also a favorite of mine, no one will be surprised to hear, along with the other set piece about the forms of governance.
>
> For some friends of mine who don't like Wolfe, the style is what puts them off.  They find it verbose.  No accounting for tastes.

Verbose, but precise, and always with a sting. Much like Avram Davidson.

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