The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe

wthyde · 03 Mar 2004, 18:49 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2004.mbox

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From: wthyde at godzilla.acpub.duke.edu
Subject: Re: The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe
Date: 03 Mar 2004 13:49:04 -0500
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[re: Floating worlds]

> > 
> >         To me (way back in 1977) it seemed like an inferior
> >         rewrite of her novel "Until the sun falls", about the
> >         mongol empire (which I liked a great deal).
> > 

> 
> When I read it (many years ago) it seemed like a mirror image of 
> Great Maria, which is my favorite of her novels.  The events are 
> parallel, but the meaning is reversed. 

        That's one of hers I have not read.  Now to find a
        copy...

William Hyde
EOS Department
Duke University

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