(urth) instant new fan

[Antonin Scriabin]

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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