Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun

David C. Albrecht · 10 Feb 1986, 14:10 · from net.sf-lovers.1986.mbox

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From: dca at edison.UUCP (David C. Albrecht)
Subject: Re: Re: Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun
Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 09:10:51 EST
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> Once in a long while, you read a book and the clouds part and the
> sun shines and your heart begins pumping and your eyes open and you
> suddenly realize that all your previous notions of what literature
> can do are feeble and limited.... (lots more)

Though as I stated before I was not impressed by the Book of the New Sun,
I was impressed by this review.  It was obvious the author was very taken
by these books and to some degree he even managed to get across why.
Certainly it came light years closer to making me want to get down the
books and look at them than the original response.  Variety of taste
can, do, and hopefully always will exist.  Discussions of what really
struck you as profound or meaningful in a book might make others see
those things for themselves.  Impugning someone because they don't think
or feel exactly like you do usually just pisses them off (I know it does
me).  Thank you for an intelligent, well thought response to this query
it at least gave me more insight into what makes a number of people
so ecstatic about these books.

David Albrecht

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