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[Antonin Scriabin]

"At this point I'm reminded of Neal Stephenson as well. The Baroque Cycle
is rather Wolfean and Powersian, in my opinion, infodumps aside."

I absolutely love *The Baroque Cycle*.  There was a good period of time
where Wolfe, Pynchon, and Stevenson were my very favorite authors.

On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 9:05 PM, Dave Lebling <dlebling at hyraxes.com> wrote:

>  I find Sterling's short stories better than his novels, in general. I am
> particularly fond of "Bicycle Repairman" and its sequel, "Taklamantan." His
> collaboration with Rucker, "Big Jelly," is pretty good too. His
> "Schismatrix" stories (and the novel of the same name) are excellent. I
> actually thought "Holy Fire" was one of his weaker novels; perhaps I should
> give it another try. "The Difference Engine" (with Gibson) has grown on me
> with re-reading.
>
> At this point I'm reminded of Neal Stephenson as well. The Baroque Cycle
> is rather Wolfean and Powersian, in my opinion, infodumps aside.
>
> I believe there's a big difference between the people who like Wolfe (and
> Lewis, Tolkien, and some others) largely because their work is heavily
> influenced by their Catholicism, and those who like Wolfe because of his
> pre-post-modern-ish (to coin a phrase) sensibility. I'm one of the latter,
> although the Catholicism works fine for me as a background.
>
> Dave Lebling
>
>
> On 4/17/2012 8:09 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
>
>
>
>  *From:* Dave Lebling <dlebling at hyraxes.com>
>
>
> > To introduce another author, some Bruce Sterling really hits the same
> > buttons for me as Rucker, Powers, and Lafferty. Wolfe is in a class by
> > himself, or a category, if you will.
>
> Sterling can’t plot to save his life.  But _Holy Fire_ is great.
>
> - Gerry Quinn
>
>
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