(urth) Castleview comments
Jeff Wilson
jwilson at io.com
Fri Dec 19 11:33:19 PST 2008
John Smith wrote:
> I used to live near Barrington, Illinois, which is Gene Wolfe's home. In the nearby town of Fox River Grove, there was a restaurant called "Castleview." From the restaurant you could see a strange house that was built to resemble a castle, with crenellations and turrets. I've often wondered if it gave Wolfe the idea for his novel.
I think it likely; numerous features of GW's military college campus
seem to influence the architechture of the Citadel in the BotNS, as well
as the Library and possibly Maison du Chien in 5HC.
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