_The Wizard_ by Gene Wolfe - too much like previous Wolfe

Andrew Plotkin · 05 Nov 2005, 20:20 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2005.mbox

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From: Andrew Plotkin <erkyrath at eblong.com>
Subject: Re: _The Wizard_ by Gene Wolfe - too much like previous Wolfe
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 20:20:51 +0000 (UTC)
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
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Here, Wayne Throop <throopw at sheol.org> 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.

It's not so much a *lurking* fear as a fear that jumps into your lap
as you read, butts your arm gently with its forehead, curls up, and
begins purring.

--Z

"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."
*
I'm still thinking about what to put in this space.

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