Whom Does Wolfe Read?

Richard Payton · 15 Apr 2005, 16:28 · from 2005-April.txt.gz

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From: rlpayton at mailshack.com (Richard Payton)
Date: Fri Apr 15 16:28:05 2005
Subject: (urth) Whom Does Wolfe Read?
In-Reply-To: <E1DMa1D-000Pjf-GE at oceanus.uk.clara.net>
Message-ID: <20050415234353.D3CF467CCD at melissa.nerdshack.com>

> What other authors has Wolfe praised or indicated that he enjoys?  

Borges, certainly. Also, from a 1986 interview with Larry McCaffery:

LM: Who are some of the contemporary writers you most admire?

GW: Among SF writers I'd include Algis Budrys, Joanna Russ, Ursula Le Guin,
Damon Knight, Kate Wilhelm, Michael Bishop, Brian Aldiss, Nancy Kress,
Michael Moorcock. Among non-SF writers I most enjoy are Nabokov (Pale Fire
is a truly amazing book) and Borges. Of course . . . Lovecraft (who is
usually regarded as a SF writer, but to me he's the real successor -- if
that's possible -- to Poe's line of horror.)

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