Is Free Live Free worth it?

Peter Westlake · 31 Jan 2001, 10:26 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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From: Peter Westlake <peter at harlequin.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (urth) Is Free Live Free worth it?
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:26:07 +0000
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At 21:04 2001-01-30 EST, Redhaven1 at aol.com wrote:
>I'm just starting Free Live Free and it seems darker and grittier than=20
>anything by Wolfe I've read yet.  Actually, I'm not really enjoying it at=20
>all.  I would just give Wolfe the benefit of the doubt (he's never let me=20
>down yet) and read it trusting it will be better, but I'm coming to this l=
ist=20
>for advice.  Maybe this book was his one dud.  What did you guys think of =
it?=20
> Is Free Live Free worth it?  (i.e.  Does it get better?)

It does. It isn't dark at all, and enthusiasts of grittiness wave it aside.
You have probably passed the single instance of profanity in the entire boo=
k,
for instance. Stick with it, is my advice. And as well as thinking about the
Wizard of Oz, keep an eye open for anomalies. Odd things about the weather,
music, anything at all.

Spectacled Bear.

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