(urth) instant new fan

[Daniel Petersen]

Alas, nor have I, Antonin!  I was speaking of people's comments online.

-DOJP  (The friend whose comments I shared that started this thread lives
across and ocean from me - when I see him face to face again, I'll have
finally met in the flesh a fellow Wolfe fan!)

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Antonin Scriabin
<kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well, I have never met someone in real life who has read Wolfe!  I am
> trying to proselytize, however, and have started picking up used copies of
> my favorites to give away.
>
> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Daniel Petersen <
> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On the other hand, I often find those who love Wolfe's ornate verbosity
>> in BotNS don't like his more bare and minimalist style in the other books.
>>  I think he's an unspeakably talented artist that he can handle so deftly
>> these different voices and styles.
>>
>> -DOJP
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:14 AM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On 12/19/2011 6:43 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes<danldo at gmail.com>
>>>>> I have many favorite passages in tBotNS, all of which totally blow me
>>>>> away with the beauty of the language.
>>>>>
>>>>> My favorite, however, must be the passage in _Citadel_ where he
>>>>> realizes that the Claw was just the thorn of a rosebush, ending with
>>>>> the line about throwing his boots into the sea so that he might not
>>>>> walk shod on holy land.
>>>>>
>>>> Also a favorite of mine, no one will be surprised to hear, along with
>>>> the other set piece about the forms of governance.
>>>>
>>>> For some friends of mine who don't like Wolfe, the style is what puts
>>>> them off.  They find it verbose.  No accounting for tastes.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Verbose, but precise, and always with a sting. Much like Avram Davidson.
>>>
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