wizard finished

Nathan Spears · 24 Dec 2004, 13:49 · from 2004-December.txt.gz

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From: spearofsolomon at yahoo.com (Nathan Spears)
Date: Fri Dec 24 13:49:08 2004
Subject: (urth) wizard finished
In-Reply-To: <004701c4e3ad$2ac6de60$4c1e4b0a at vcorp.ad.vrsn.com>
Message-ID: <20041224214906.48287.qmail at web50306.mail.yahoo.com>

May I say "Merry Christmas" to everyone who wishes to hear it?

I finished the book yesterday evening; I currently have mixed feelings about it. 
I'm sure you will all change that in one way and another come the new year.

I have a suggestion that I'd like to make.  Whether or not it's a wise one I can't
say, but I'm sure you will.  I think that it would be interesting if everyone who
wishes to do so submits a summary of what they wish to say about the book before any
replies are sent.  One might say anything about any subject addressed in the book;
hopefully the length would remain readable, and it would give everyone the
opportunity to see what the others valued and/or found most interesting in the work
before any discussion begins.  Afterward, one could mine several posts for thematic
material and inspect certain points more closely.  Hopefully the introduction of
several points of view would enrich those discussions.

Yours,
Nate

--- James Wynn <thewynns at earthlink.net> wrote:

> >I just finished the Wizard an hour ago.  Very interesting.  Hard to
> >decide if it's great or just very good as it's hard to separate it from
> >Wolfe's other works.  I look forward to the new year and the discussion.
> 
> When I saw the movie "Being John Malkovich", my brother asked me "Was it any
> good?" I said, "I don't know. But I'll guarantee you've never seen a movie
> like that before."
> 
> I think one could say that about all of Wolfe's novels. They deny
> catagorization. So by what standard should legitimately analyze their
> merits? Still, at the end of THE KNIGHT, thought the story was workmanly
> Wolfean, but unlikely to attract non-Wolfe fans. At the end of THE WIZARD I
> was certain it is very good novel indeed and carries themes previously
> untouched in Fantasy literature.  The split between KNIGHT and WIZARD is
> artificial. The story really must be read in one or the separate stories
> will have an uneven feel.
> 
> ~ Crush
> 
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