Ask the Wolfe
This is like being a kid in a candy store, but with only one quarter to spend!
"Was what Silk saw in the manteion Pike's ghost, or an aquastor, or what?"
and "What about..." No, no, I'll restrain myself. I can do it... I'll save the other 800 questions for another time.
This could be a lot of fun, and it's very kind of Mr. Wolfe to do it.
-vizcacha
(david_lebling at avid.com)
p.s. to Patrick: Agree wholeheartedly about There Are Birds. Have you tried Humpty Dumpty: An Oval? I'll have to check out God's Fires, as I loved Cold Allies and Brother Termite, but haven't read any other Patricia Anthony since.
p.p.s: Bonus question for Gene Wolfe: "How long have you been wearing a moustache?" (Saw a picture of him with same in SF Chronicle; he hasn't always had one, has he?) Try to be oracular about that one!
p.p.p.s: mantis, if you run out of questions (hah!), send him my compilation of mysteries, literary or whorlographic.