The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe

Elaine Thompson · 01 Mar 2004, 20:14 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2004.mbox

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From: Elaine Thompson <Elaine at KEThompson.org>
Subject: Re: The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 12:14:47 -0800
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On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 13:03:43 GMT, Richard Horton
<rrhorton at prodigy.net> wrote:

>On 01 Mar 2004 08:59:33 +0000 (GMT), Thomas Womack
><twomack at chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>>For what it's worth, I prefer Dunnett's earlier series, which is
>>>linked to the Niccolo books: The Chronicles of Lymond.  Beginning with
>>>The Game of Kings.  (Which is not to say that the Niccolo books aren't
>>>quite good themselves.)
>>
>>I gave up on the Game of Kings after getting totally frustrated with
>>what felt like a plethora of asides in untranslated Norman French;
>
>There are translations for all of them somewhere -- not sure if they
>are on the web.  Elaine Thompson would know.
>

Not necessarily, I can't keep up with everything.  But I am aware of
Nancy Wright's efforts, which are on paper - see

http://www.dorothydunnettreadingaids.com/

And the Dunnett Companions, of course.  I think they're OOP, though,
and Nancy's work is offered at her cost.



-- 
Elaine Thompson <Elaine at KEThompson.org>

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