Gene Wolfe Books

JavaJosh · 22 Nov 2005, 07:28 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2005.mbox

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From: "JavaJosh" <javajosh at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Gene Wolfe Books
Date: 21 Nov 2005 23:28:09 -0800
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Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
> Assume one has the following books by Gene Wolfe and is trying to trim
> down one's collection:
> 	Book of the New Sun (4 vols.)
> 	Devil in a Forest
> 	Fifth Head of Cerberus
> 	Nightside the Long Sun
> 	Soldier of the Mist
> 	Urth of the New Sun
>
> Which would people say are his major works and which could be gotten rid
> of?  (Yes, I know some will say "keep everything", but that way lies
> madness.)
>

Gene who? You should sell all of those nasty books and buy something
*good* by Weiss & Hickman.

Seriously though, I'd keep them all because of the books I've read in
that list they've all been quite thought-provoking. Soldier of the Mist
was my least favorite.

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