(urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction and

[Jordon Flato]

Let me rephrase that 'many' to 'any'.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:31 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:

> Well, they picked their list.  Not having read many of them, I can't
> comment, but of course I think it's ridiculous to not include New Sun.
>
>
> http://www.npr.org/2011/06/30/137003853/mind-bending-sci-fi-books-for-a-fantastical-summer
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:42 AM, Daniel Petersen <
> danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You're probably right, Marc.  But being plunged into all that mystery
>> through the wonders of Short Sun is still quite exciting and inviting.  I
>> sometimes feel people on this board are far more into solving little (and
>> huge) puzzles than they are into a sense of wonder, awe, magic, thrill,
>> humanity, divinity, great writing, and so on in Gene Wolfe.  I know the
>> puzzles are integral to his art - but I just don't feel like the other
>> aspects get much air time.
>>
>> DOJP
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>
>>> You could read Long Sun before New or Short Sun, but starting at Short
>>> Sun just ruins so many little cool things, like the whole "I caught the
>>> ball, I won the game" thing at the end of On Blue's Water, Horn talking
>>> about "his" dancing toy, things that undeniably let you know there is
>>> something of Silk running around in that narrator.
>>>  I like the published order, but Long and New should both be read before
>>> Short.  If you don't have a thorough understanding of the positive outlook
>>> of Silk and his "out of character" suicidal impulse Short Sun could never
>>> make full sense.
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On *Thu, 6/23/11, Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com>
>>> * wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Daniel Petersen <danielottojackpetersen at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: Re: (urth) NPR taking suggestions for The Best Science Fiction
>>> and
>>> To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net>
>>> Date: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 9:31 AM
>>>
>>> You know, I actually did read On Blue's Waters, then stopped and went
>>> back and read Long Sun before then re-reading Blue and the rest of Short
>>> Sun.  It was indeed a very, very strange experience - but hugely enticing.
>>>  Unfortunately it took away some of the mystery I think I would have
>>> encountered in reading Long Sun if I had had no or little clue what was
>>> coming.
>>>
>>> I think John Clute wondered in a review whether jumping right into Wolfe
>>> at Blue might be the best way.  I've always wondered the same.
>>>
>>> DOJP
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:58 PM, Andrew Mason <
>>> andrew.mason53 at googlemail.com<http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=andrew.mason53@googlemail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>> Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>>>
>>> > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:09 PM,  <entonio at gmail.com<http://us.mc1618.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=entonio@gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>> >> Ha. The Book of the Long Sun is so much better!
>>>
>>> > I agree. But is it better if you haven't read "Short Sun?" (I *think*
>>> > it is anyway, but I haven't experienced it in that order.)
>>>
>>> You read _Short Sun_ first? Was that not a rather puzzling experience?
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