(urth) Looking for a particular New Sun essay

[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Thank you for the pointer. An excellent essay.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Daniel Petersen
<danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 'If Ever a Wiz There Was' by Patrick O'Leary, in the book Other Voices,
> Other Doors and online here:
>
> http://web.mac.com/paddybon/Site/a_tribute_to_Gene_Wolfe.html
>
> -DOJP
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM, <harry at hubertrogers.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>> I'm wondering if someone else out there can help me with this. I'm trying
>> to find an essay on The Book of the New Sun that I read online many years
>> ago. I was under the impression that it was written by Neil Gaiman, but my
>> google searches have been unsuccessful so I might have been wrong. It's not
>> that short one called "How to read Gene Wolfe".
>>
>> It was a wonderful essay, and what I remember most is how the author very
>> eloquently and convicingly described a few of scenes from the book, but also
>> gradually explained, one layer of symbolism at a time, how there was far
>> more going on than the literal happenings. The only specific example I
>> (nearly) remember is the scene with Severian on Mount Typhon - which had
>> something to do with him hanging out of the eye like a tear drop.
>>
>> Sorry I can't be more specific - my memory of the essay is very hazy....
>> almost as bad as my memory of the books themselves! I'd be very grateful if
>> someone can point me towards that essay again. And for those that haven't
>> come across it, you might get a lot from it too!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Harry
>>
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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes