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

[Jordon Flato]

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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