This Week in Google Alerts: more _Land Across_

Gwern Branwen · 29 Dec 2013, 16:48 · from 2013-December.txt.gz

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From: gwern at gwern.net (Gwern Branwen)
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:48:14 -0500
Subject: (urth) This Week in Google Alerts: more _Land Across_
Message-ID: <CAMwO0gwWqr1WGUcd0e_ZJw6XT4xfCwmhSe2EOWv6Au4=8m7NhA at mail.gmail.com>

http://io9.com/dont-expect-to-figure-out-gene-wolfes-new-novel-the-f-1484516074
(review)

http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/1591917-151/the-strange-lands-of-sci-fi-master-gene-wolfe
(review)

http://thebookofsilk.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html (character list)

http://jdbookreview.com/gene-wolfe-no-comparison/ interview:

> Whether you subscribe to the theory that Wolfe is some kind of hothouse-cultivated Ent, or ?merely? a human genius, you?ll want to read his new novel _The Land Across_.  The author graciously took the time to speak with me via email about the genesis of his typically inventive new work, the state of 21st-century SF, and many other subjects.  An edited transcript of our conversation follows, below. ? Paul Di Filippo

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