Gene Wolfe

Kari Sutela · 05 Jun 1991, 11:29 · from rec.arts.sf-lovers.1991.mbox

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From: sutela at polaris.utu.fi (Kari Sutela)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe
Date: 5 Jun 91 11:29:22 GMT
Message-ID: <sutela.676121362@polaris>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
References: <3559 at sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>

ijameson at physics.adelaide.edu.au (Iain Jameson) writes:

>Most horrible Gene Wolf book ..... There are Doors.
>This would have to be the most boring book I have
>ever read.

>Has anyone read it, and understand what was going on?

Yes, I have read it, and I think I understood what was going on.  However,
the whole story seemed to be rather pointless --- I don't understand why
the book was written.  IMHO, it wasn't boring but after reading it I was
left with a feeling: "Yeah, so what?".  A disappointment.

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