RTTW: so far

james.kellar · 30 Jan 2001, 12:57 · from whorl-v0012.mbox · original

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From: james.kellar at quantel.com
Subject: (whorl) RTTW: so far
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:57:04 +0000
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hello all

I've hardly contributed to this list at all so far, but I've been reading t=
he archives with great
interest. And now - I'm finally in the position of being able to read the l=
atest book (RTTW) at the
same time as everybody else!

I started RTTW last night, and I'd be very interested in the first impressi=
ons of others.

(warning of possible spoilers - although I haven't got very yet so I don't =
think I'll be giving much
away!)

I'm finding the writing style of this third book to be a little more access=
ible, for want of a
better word,  than the first 2 Short Sun volumes. The description of what's=
 happened to the Whorl
during Horn's absence is fascinating - it's like returning to an old friend=
, in a way, albeit
dystopian and horrifying. I've been too lazy to work this out, but let's se=
e - Hyacinth's body is
middle-aged, I think, so we must be something like 20 or 30 years after the=
 events recounted in
TBOTLS? Things seem to have gone quite badly wrong for the unfortunate Carg=
o, what with the 'gods'
switching the Long Sun off, and so on. And what on earth is the godling?? N=
o doubt this will be
explained later. I'm finding it interesting to see the gaps in the narrativ=
e filled in as seen from
the POV of OBW and IGJ - for example, we finally get to meet Pig!

Apologies if this stream of consciousness seems obvious - I'm very interest=
ed in what the rest of
you think, though.

best regards

James (is anyone called Gerbil yet?)

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