Gene Wolfe: Castleview

Bob Myers · 05 Jul 1990, 03:23 · from rec.arts.sf-lovers.1990.mbox

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From: stssram at unocal.COM (Bob Myers)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe: Castleview
Date: 5 Jul 90 03:23:11 GMT
Message-ID: <STSSRAM.90Jul4202311 at toward.unocal.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
References: <11219 at pucc.Princeton.EDU>

>>>>> On 2 Jul 90 01:39:03 GMT, GACOHEN at pucc.Princeton.EDU (Geoff Alexander Cohen) said:

Geoff>      I just finished Gene Wolfe's latest, _Castleview_, which
Geoff> concerns a family moving from Chicago to an old-fashioned town
Geoff> called Castleview, in which it is possible to glimpse a castle
Geoff> off in the distance. (Thus the name!)

Hmmm.  I used to live in a town in Illinois, about 35 miles northwest
of Chicago, by the name of Fox River Grove.  Gene Wolfe lives in
Barrington, about 5 miles towards Chicago.   Anyway, there _is_ a castle
in Fox River Grove, and a restaurant across the street called Castleview...

I gotta get this book.

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