bsharp

Bsharp has been my nom de internet for quite a while now. I wasn't sure how important or revealed the members' vital statistics are for this community so I held back on that. I noticed some recent interest so I guess I ought to pull back the curtain. My stats are not at all fascinating, so I'll reveal them. I wouldn't want a false sense of mystery to color my posts. I am male age 45, married (twice) with 3 kids. I have some East Coast roots but have been a long time resident of Columbus, Ohio. I was raised in a very mild form of Judaism but have no religious convictions. My education is primarily in Biology and Anthropology and my occupations have been mostly as an educator, social worker and currently, as a very low level bureaucrat in public health. Like Thecla, I am slightly pleased that someone thought I might be of the opposite gender. On the other hand, though my educational and occupational background gives me a familiarity with such odd topics as homsexuality, pedophila and transvestitism I have no personal inclinations in those directions. (so remember that in regard to some of my future posts! lol). I've read 5th Head of Cerberus, BotNS + Urth religiously, and most of Wolfe's other older books. I read the Long Sun series and felt the first book was almost as good as Severian's tale but I was disappointed by the last book and never got to the Short Sun or later work. I think I will now have to do that. But, as is obvious, I have a lot of issues to resolve in BotNS first. Thanks to all for giving me such a warm welcome! -bsharp

Short Sun is really really excellent - I'm just on my first tour through the works of Gene Wolfe myself, but I really like Short Sun best out of the big cycle. You really have to read BoTNS and BoTLS to fully enjoy it, but getting through BoTLS is well worth it.