Urth Net
Urth Digest, Vol 45, Issue 8
↰ answers Oliver Wakefield
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In my first email on this list my text trailed off the end of the page - is there anyway to keep the text within the window - sorry ive never used a mailing list before. Also, as this list seems to be the largest wolfe source on the net I was wondering who the contributers are. Congratulations to all involved by the way. I am just wondering which of you are sci-fi fans and which are general readers. Also where are you from? Im from the UK and ive only met one person whos read BOTN and this person someone who writes on sci fi. Is Wolfe bigger in the US, i'm imagining this list is primarily US?
Thanks Ollie W
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I'm 29 and from Saint Louis. Always been a Sci Fi fan since I saw Star Wars as a kid. Grew up playing RPGs and got into the fantasy genre a bit as well. It wasn't until about 4 years ago that I picked up my first Gene Wolfe book on a whim "The Knight", and really enjoyed it. I've since downed about 12 of his books and have 5 or 6 more on the shelf waiting to be read. I've been around nerd and geeks my whole life and currently work with a whole lot of them at a computer store and I was the one who discovered and started introducing my friends to Wolfe's work. I'd say I have about 3 converts so far. But it was odd that such a great writer was so barely known. Which is why one has to admit that even though he's good, he's not for everyone.
I hear what you are saying about the lack of Wolfe content online.
When I first started typing "Gene Wolfe" into the Google search box it
was a little disappointing at first. Truthfully though, there really
is a lot of content out there (and a lot that used to be around but is
lost) it's just scattered about in little pieces. I ended up starting
my own Wolfe Fan Site just so I could compile all the different Gene
Wolfe sources I found online over the past few years. Check out http://hoofandhide.wordpress.com . You can search for content via keywords (powered by Magnolia) and I recently put up a gallery of book covers (powered by Flickr). Maybe you'll find it helpful when trying to dig up more info on Gene.
Ryan B