Gene Wolfe's "The Knight"

Htn963 · 22 Oct 2003, 06:36 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2003.mbox

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From: htn963 at cs.com (Htn963)
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe's "The Knight"
Date: 22 Oct 2003 06:36:04 GMT
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rik stroeb wrote:

>From the back cover of "The Knight" (advance reading copy):
>
>"A young boy, in his mid-teens, passes from our world to a magical
>realm of five worlds, where he is quickly transformed physically into
>the body of a mature man of heroic proportions. Yet inside he remains
>a boy, while circumstances force him to act as a man, and to set off
>on a quest to find his destined sword and become a knight. His quest
>is filled with danger and adventure, giants, elves, and dragons. And
>also love."

     Oh, great, it's the fantasy version of Tom Hanks' _Big_.
--
Ht

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