(urth) If I already like ...

[Antonin Scriabin]

Jack Vance and Borges are both on my radar.  I actually have 10 or so of
Vance's novels (I grabbed whatever I could find after reading Wolfe's
praise in *The Castle of the Otter*) ... I am just not sure which to pick
up first.  I think I have some middle installments of some of his series, I
will have to take inventory soon.  Of course I am a big fan of Lewis ([?]),
the Space Trilogy was one of my favorites in my teenage years.  Thanks for
the Nabokov recommend; I have never read anything by him, and now I have
all the more reason to!


On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Jerry Friedman <jerry_friedman at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I strongly second the recommendation for Crowley, and I'd start with *Little,
> Big, *although he's never written anything bad since *Beasts*.  For some
> reason Crowley put the climax of the Aegypt series in the third book, and
> described the fourth book as an "extended coda", if I remember correctly.
> It's still much better than *The Urth of the New Sun* in my opinion,
> though.
>
> It's not possible that you've read Wolfe, MacDonald, and Tolkien without
> reading C. S. Lewis, right?
>
> You might try Jack Vance, probably starting with "The Moon Moth".  My
> reasons for disliking him are similar to my reasons for disliking Lafferty,
> which obviously don't apply for you, and Wolfe admires him greatly.  He's
> another writer with an unflagging imagination.
>
> Borges of course.  Start with the stories written from 1939 to 1949 (but
> not the Parodi stories).
>
> Which brings me to Nabokov, who as I occasionally say is the most Wolfean
> writer outside sf (or Wolfe is the most Nabokovian sf writer).  *Pnin*and
> *Lolita* are his two classics in the literary tradition.  *Pale Fire* (my
> favorite) has more fantasy.  A fan of Lafferty might especially like *Invitation
> to a Beheading*.* * There were some interesting comments on two
> of Nabokov's short stories, "The Visit to the Museum" and "Details of a
> Sunset", on NABOKV-L today.  If anyone here has read either of those, I'd
> be interested in their thoughts.
>
> Jerry Friedman
>
>    *From:* Antonin Scriabin kierkegaurdian at gmail.com
> Looks great!  I was actually paging through *Little, Big* the other day
> at a bookstore.  It seemed interesting, I will definitely try out the
> Aegypt books soon.  Wikipedia says it is a tetralogy, the most recent
> published in 2007 ... is it sort of an "Urth of the New Sun" thing, or does
> the fourth book follow right on the other three's heels?
>
>  On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:50 PM, Jordon Flato <jordonflatourth at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> John crowley for sure.  The aegypt trilogy is top notch
>
> On Apr 17, 2012 10:47 AM, "Antonin Scriabin" <kierkegaurdian at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Wolfe, Lafferty, Powers, MacDonald, and Tolkien, what else will I like?
> This email list has good taste, and I was wondering what other hidden
> authors you guys might enjoy, given preference for those mentioned.  I
> initially discovered Lafferty through this list some time ago, for
> example.  I know there has to be more!
>
>
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