Severian (the torturer) on writing

wjtingle · 16 Jan 2009, 22:44 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2009.mbox

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From: wjtingle <wjtingle at hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Severian (the torturer) on writing
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:44:41 -0500
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Daniel Damouth wrote:
> I'm reading _The Book of the New Sun_ for the first time, and laughed 
> at this:
> 
> "I know little of literary style; but I have learned as I have 
> progressed, and find this art not so much different from my old one as 
> might be thought."
> 
> -from _Shadow of the Torturer_

No argument from me. I got to the end of the first book and pronounced a 
Double Dorothy on all Wolfe's writing, in perpetuity.

Regards,
Jack Tingle

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