Wizard Knight and after

Christopher Culver · 01 Apr 2002, 05:04 · from urth-v0204.mbox · original

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From: Christopher Culver <christopher_culver at yahoo.com>
Subject: (urth) Wizard Knight and after
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 07:04:05 +0200
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I've been corresponding with Gene Wolfe for a few weeks now, and I'm=20
pleasantly surprised that he has time to answer letters from fans.

Apparently, The Wizard Knight will be in two volumes called,=20
appropriately enough, WIZARD and KNIGHT. Wolfe seems to be pretty modest=20
about his talents, he tells me there's no guarantee that David Hartwell=20
will accept it.

I asked him if after Wizard Knight we'd see a conclusion to the Soldier=20
series, and his response was "I don't know what my next book will be. Or=20
even if there will be a next book. If there is, it may be another=20
Soldier book. If it is, it may conclude the series, though I doubt it."=20
That the Soldier series wouldn't be completed after three volumes makes=20
me wonder what sort of plans Wolfe has come up with for Latro since=20
SOLDIER OF ARETE was published.

I wonder why the Soldier series tends to be the most underappreciated of=20
Wolfe's work. (Well, it's certainly rated higher than Operation Ares for=20
everyone, I'm sure.)

Christopher Culver

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