Anyone read Gene Wolfe: Free Live Free

Pete Hardie · 13 Jun 1990, 02:27 · from rec.arts.sf-lovers.1990.mbox

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From: pete at nyet.UUCP (Pete Hardie)
Subject: Re: Anyone read Gene Wolfe: Free Live Free
Date: 13 Jun 90 02:27:37 GMT
Message-ID: <314 at nyet.UUCP>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers
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In article <55160 at microsoft.UUCP> ericsa at microsoft.UUCP (Eric Sassaman) writes:
>Has anyone read Gene Wolfe's "Free Live Free"? I enjoyed his "There
>Are Doors" quite a bit. How would you rate "Free Live Free" on a 1-5
>stars scale?

I've read it.  It's a dense work (like Wolfe's other novels aren't :-)
and gets a little confusing because it changes viewpoint often, and
it doesn't answer all the questions it raises.  It is also very
convoluted.

It's got a good beat, and it's easy to dance to.  I'd give it a 4.

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