_The Wizard_ by Gene Wolfe - too much like previous Wolfe

Gene Ward Smith · 05 Nov 2005, 19:15 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2005.mbox

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From: "Gene Ward Smith" <gwsmith at svpal.org>
Subject: Re: _The Wizard_ by Gene Wolfe - too much like previous Wolfe
Date: 5 Nov 2005 11:15:45 -0800
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Wayne Throop wrote:
> :: What is it about Wolfe that fails to spark controversy?
>
> : A lurking fear that one has failed to Get It?
>
> I don't have that fear at all.  I *know* I don't get it.

So is GRRM more controversial because people think they do get it, but
just aren't sure they want it? Or is there more a tendency to proclaim
"like this book, or else" with him than with Wolfe?

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