Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun

Ned Danieley · 06 Feb 1986, 15:56 · from net.sf-lovers.1986.mbox

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From: ndd at duke.UUCP (Ned Danieley)
Subject: Re: Re: Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun
Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 10:56:08 EST
Message-ID: <6884 at duke.UUCP>
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
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In article <651 at edison.UUCP> dca at edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht) writes:
>> if you are not shaking your head at Wolfe's awesome scope, his dazzling
>> imagination, his miraculously skilled prose - well, man, go back to
>> clowns like Heinlein and Asimov. 
>> 
>> Gene Wolfe is, quite simply, the best novelist ever to write in the
>> science fiction genre.  His prose, his ideas - all of it.  The 
>> best.  Hands down.
>> 
>Insert rasberry here...
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.
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>....  In my opinion he is not even close
>to the best I would much rather read 'clowns' like Zelazny, McKillip,
>Blish, Biggle, Silverberg, Eddings, Card, Fiest, even some Asimov or Heinlen.
>
>David Albrecht

I second David's opinion. I got through the books, but I'm not
sure why.

Ned Danieley

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