the superb level of discourse here

Alex David Groce · 02 Nov 1999, 10:21 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: Alex David Groce <Alex_Groce at gs246.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: the superb level of discourse here
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 1999 10:21:00
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Patrick--

Well, part of my point in the whole modernism debate was that, because he
avoids their techniques, Wolfe is at the least pretty darn accessible for
a modernist.  While I like that kind of thing, I understand the people who=20
throw ULYSSES and THE SOUND AND THE FURY down and never pick them back up.

The main thing with Wolfe is, you DO have to pay attention.  Which some rea=
ders
aren't very keen on.  FREE LIVE FREE and those darned morning glories catch=
es
a lot of people sleeping (although if you don't figure out what's going on
before "all is revealed" anyway you are not paying attention on a much bigg=
er
level).

I'm really not a fan of the OBW cover.  On the other hand, the Long Sun cov=
ers
were OK, if nothing spectacularly good.  But they all look like *gasp* Scie=
nce
Fiction Book Covers, which is honest advertising but not too good for getti=
ng
random non-SF people who would enjoy Wolfe to read him.

"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." John 8:32
--
Alex David Groce (agroce+ at cs.cmu.edu)
Ph.D. Student, Carnegie Mellon University - Computer Science Department
8112 Wean Hall (412)-268-3066
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~agroce

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