(urth) Quick thoughts on GATE OF HORN...

[aaron]

I bought this for my Kindle a few months ago, but have yet to do more than
skim through it.  Your post reminds me that I had planned a re-read with
the guide handy.  Maybe then I can say something meaningful about it.


On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Brian Doherty <brianmdoherty at gmail.com>wrote:

> Overall, struck me as perhaps too Wolfean (by design, I'm sure) to be an
> entertaining and useful guide.
>
>  I wanted more detailed explanations/theorizing, less purse-lipped
> blankness and names of latin plants. Let's say that a concordance that
> doesn't tell you WHO Incanto is and why (any more than do the novels own
> character lists) while giving you every Latin plant name is erring on the
> side of cleverness vs. reader interest, entertainment, or even use.
>
> Reading this, sadly, rather than reminding me how much I adored SHORT SUN
> and LONG SUN, made me wonder a bit why I liked those books at all. This
> guide was not any good opportunity to revisit or think about in a new way
> the joys of those books--mostly worked to (to this reader) drain out all
> that joy.
>
> Other opinions and observations welcome, to be sure.
>
> Brian Doherty
>
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Aaron Singleton
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