TBOTNS FAQ

Cass Peterson · 12 Dec 1999, 21:34 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: Cass Peterson <cpete at nb.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) TBOTNS FAQ
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 21:34:11
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Christy wrote:

>Is it the duty of the FAQ to initiate one into the "mysteries" of TBOTNS?
>Or to initiate one into the method of reading Gene Wolfe? [...]

The latter, please. Some of us neophytes would prefer to discover the=20
mysteries on our own, but would be grateful for any planar or other=20
geographies.

 >The curious system of Wolfe infers a lot of assumed knowledge that, time=20
and time
again, we have proved that we don't have. So the chance of a neophyte
having it is even slighter.

That's not an entirely safe assumption, albeit a rational one.

Cass


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