(urth) instant new fan

[Antonin Scriabin]

Wolfe's writing is very beautiful, and he uses such vivid, unique
language.  I haven't memorized the passage, but the part in *The Shadow of
the Torturer *where Ultan is describing the different books in the library;
wonderful!  That together with the nearby *Book of Gold* passage really
made me fall in love with that book in particular and Wolfe in general.

On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:08 PM, Daniel Petersen <
danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, so many truly wonderful lines and passages.  I remember loving the
> really robust mountainous language at the beginning of SotL, starting with
> the sentence:  'Thrax is a crooked dagger entering the heart of the
> mountains.'
>
> You know, I don't think I've ever seen Wolfe's writing (as in style or
> tone or texture of prose, etc.) discussed on this list.
>
> -DOJP
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 3:58 AM, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net>wrote:
>
>> On 12/18/2011 7:59 PM, Daniel Petersen wrote:
>>
>>> Thought people here might enjoy seeing that new readers are still
>>> discovering Wolfe for the very first time and being instantly enchanted.  A
>>> friend of mine (an aspiring writer) who loves Tolkien and China Mieville
>>> finally, at my persistent insistence, obtained BotNS and posted this to me
>>> on Facebook just now about what he's read so far:
>>>
>>> 'I love the languid, ivy-wrapped prose that Wolfe writes in. I've been
>>> discovering that this is a style I find myself entranced by when I read it.
>>> I was not long ago working through Titus Groan and found myself ensconced
>>> by many of the same elements that I'm loving in Wolfe's writing. Mr. Wolfe
>>> seems much better at marrying plot and poesy than Mr. Peake, however.
>>>
>>> I'm very excited about what waits around the corner. BotNS seems like
>>> the kind of novel I dream of writing.'
>>>
>>> Some pretty apt comments, I thought.
>>>
>>> -DOJP
>>>
>>
>> Cool!
>>
>> BNS has some of the most gorgeous lines I have ever read. There are many
>> others, but I think most often of the description of lotuses on Gyoll in
>> CotA immediately after Maxellindis's uncle's talk of what appear to be the
>> legions of Erebus:
>>
>> With that he fell silent, looking out over the nenuphars. We were well
>> above that part of
>>
>> Gyoll opposite the Citadel, but they were still packed more densely than
>> wildflowers in
>>
>> any meadow this side of paradise.
>>
>>
>> This kind of mood/content juxtaposition enraptures me.
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