_The Wizard_ by Gene Wolfe - too much like previous Wolfe

Dave Conrad · 04 Dec 2005, 04:51 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2005.mbox

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From: Dave Conrad <nightman at io.com>
Subject: Re: _The Wizard_ by Gene Wolfe - too much like previous Wolfe
Date: Sun, 04 Dec 2005 13:51:13 +0900
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JavaJosh wrote:

> 
> It didn't help that Able's voice in this book crept even closer to
> Severian's and Patera Silk's, when it was already so very close. What
> was really startling was that Toug's voice moved perceptibly in that
> direction as well. Toug was Sir Able's squire, and while its possible
> in that position he'd start talking like his master, it didn't read
> like that.
> 

I thought that Silk's voice was rather different from Severian's.  I 
found the Urth books to be a bit of a slog the first time I tried to 
read them, but found the Long Sun books much more accessible.  I enjoyed 
the Urth books much more when I went back to them after a few years.  I 
picked up the short sun books as a SFBC omnibus, but found them 
difficult to start - I'll give them another try sometime later.

I think of Gene Wolfe as being like literary fudge - they're hick and 
rich and great if you're in the mood for them, but at other times, 
they're just too thick and heavy.

Dave

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