(urth) Wolfe's brilliance or my denseness?

[James Wynn]

Acts gives both names.

Of course, the names Wolfe selects do not always have an obvious purpose 
to them. So it's understandable that even a "bible thumper", as Antonio 
calls people who are familiar with the Bible, could reasonably have 
missed the hint.
The Book of the New Sun was the first thing I had ever read by Wolfe. 
Frankly, when I read it the first round, it felt like one of those late 
60s and 70s movies where the protagonist just moves aimlessly from one 
scene and strange group of characters to the next (Easy Rider, Mean 
Streets, Vanishing Point). I've said before that while I was reading 
Sword of the Lictor, my wife asked "What is it about?" and I answered, 
"I have no idea." "So, why are you reading it?" "I have to find out how 
it ends."

I told my friend who loaned me the books that Wolfe was a tremendous 
creator of worlds but a so-so writer. And then I read "Fifth Head" and 
understood how to read Wolfe; then I was telling people he was the best 
SF writer period.

J.

On 5/24/2011 6:51 AM, David Stockhoff wrote:
> You mean, because, known by the name Tabitha, she was raised from the 
> dead by Peter.
>