(urth) What should I read?

[Daniel Petersen]

I'll chime in on recommending Wolfe's short story collections - I haven't
run into one I didn't pretty thoroughly enjoy, but Doctor Death is probably
the one that's as consistently rich as New Sun and feels like it prefigures
it in many ways.  I heartily agree with the recommendation of Cerberus and
think that's probably the best next stop.  And I must put in a good word for
The Wizard-Knight duology against its detractors.  It is in some respects
rather frustrating or unnerving or annoying or some such thing (which of
Wolfe's books aren't?!), but I think it's truly masterful and up there with
his greatest stuff - after attempting New Sun and not being sure what I
thought, it was Wizard-Knight (and then the collection Innocents Aboard)
that got me thorougly mesmerised and hooked and led me in to the entirety of
the Solar Cycle and everything else.

-DOJP

On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Gerry Quinn <gerry at bindweed.com> wrote:

>
>
>  *From:* Antonin Scriabin <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
>
>  > I have enjoyed all of his books that I have read, but his stand-alone
> novels
>  >
> that most impressed me (like Matthew) were *Peace* and *The Fifth Head of
> *
>  >
> *Cerberus*.
>
>  I also think those are his best.  And of course he has written a lot of
> terrific short stories and novellas.
>
>  - Gerry Quinn
>
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