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On Sun, 20 Apr 2003 Adam Stephanides <adamsteph at earthlink.net> wrote:
I've only read a little Ian Watson, and didn't like him, but there is a superficial similarity between him and Wolfe. They're both "cerebral" and "literary" authors, though my memory of Watson is that his stuff really is empty of emotion. Incidentally, I once read an article by Watson criticizing SotT because the protagonist was a torturer; something about making it seem that torturers weren't really so bad, iirc (but don't quote me).
Was it possibly a review in Foundation, comparing Donaldson's The One Tree with The Sword of the Lictor (both out at that time)? As I remember that article, the reviewer found Wolfe impressive but cool, while Donaldson semed to cared more about his characters and their dilemmas and so moved more. Despite shortcomings, Short Sun is less cool, I think.
I quite like Watson, but the main similarity with Wolfe is that his work is intellectual and aimed at adults. I would be curious to see what Wolfe would have done with The Gardens of Delight ;)
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