(urth) The Distant Suns of Gene Wolfe

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Joel,

As another "aspiring writer" (a few short story sales to my name, some
years ago), I have also found Wolfe a problematic model. He's easy to
parody but hard to pastiche, if you see what I mean.

I'm not sure about him being a "writer for puzzle solvers" -- though I do
enjoy crosswords, anacrostics, sudoku, etc. I think he's a writer for people
who want their fiction to resemble the "real" world in its being both
overdetermined and underdetermined.

-- 
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes, writer, trainer, bon vivant
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Soon, where Toon Town once stood will be a string of gas stations,
inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food. Tire
salons, automobile dealerships and wonderful, wonderful billboards
reaching as far as the eye can see. My God, it'll be beautiful.