Gene Wolfe

R o d Johnson · 05 Jun 1991, 16:53 · from rec.arts.sf-lovers.1991.mbox

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From: rjohnson at vela.acs.oakland.edu (R o d Johnson)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe
Date: 5 Jun 91 16:53:06 GMT
Message-ID: <6814 at vela.acs.oakland.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
References: <3559 at sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au>

In article <3559 at sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au> ijameson at adelphi.physics.adelaide.edu.au.oz.au (Iain Jameson) writes:

>Most horrible Gene Wolf book ..... There are Doors.

I agree, it's not good.  Oddly enough, it seems to be his current favorite.

. . .
>Quite a disappointment after devouring the torturer series,
>the dying earth series 

?  Isn't this by Jack Vance?

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

Yep.  But it's not very interesting.

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