(urth) Mostly Spoiler Free Thoughts on Home Fires

[Son of Witz]

On Mar 2, 2011, at 11:01 AM, Jeff Wilson <jwilson at io.com> wrote:

> On 3/2/2011 11:55 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
>> Well, first of all, there seems to be a complete lack of wolves. Not a
>> one, unless I missed something.
>> 
>> The "meditation" sections often seem to be lessons from Gene Wolfe
>> about how to reason out the plot details of his novels.
>> 
>> This is one of the most emotionally satisfying books GW has ever written.
>> 
>> Kind of shapeless, plotwise.
> 
> It's boy meets girl overall, with pirates and spies and a whodunnit as the obstacles to overcome.
> 
> There's also almost a total lack of technical detail of any kind, and the SFnal elements are barely more than tokens.
> 
> 

Glad to hear. I've been waiting for a simple review like this.