(urth) My eyes!

[Jeff Wilson]

Dayton Williams wrote:

> ... So.  About a week ago I finished Book of the New Sun.  Absolutely 
> adored the books.  Wolfe does more in 20-30 pages or so with Typhon, 
> than other authors (*cough* *cough* Robert Jordan *cough*) have 
> accomplished in long-running series.
> 
> After I was done, I couldn't help but feel that, even though I 
> understood most of what happened, I didn't really get any of it.  So I 
> poked around the 'net for more information on the series, and I find 
> this ML.  And ... well ... I can't make much more sense out of the 
> discussions going on here than I could out of the books ¬_¬ (and 
> besides, there're spoilers for books I haven't read yet).
> 
> Not that I imagine Wolfe's readership overlaps with anime fandom much, 
> but Wolfe is like throwing Kino's Journeys and The Big O into the 
> blender.  My eyes!  My eyes!  Aaaaaaah~

There's at least a few furry fandom people reading wolfe. I've seen some 
fan art that seems to conflate the various bestials in New Sun with Mr. 
Million from FIFTH HEAD. And both have the giant robots, of course.

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Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
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