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I haven't read the Knight books (I'm not much into Arthurian kind of stuff), but I totally recomend the Soldier books. I was hopping that Sidon would take Latro to the fabled Egyptian Labirynth; unfortunately it didn't. There's a few things in the Soldier books that I think may be a bit wrong from a historical point of view though. Not really wrong, but questionable at least, but it's minor stuff.<BR><BR>> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:21:23 -0600<BR>> From: mfstraight@gmail.com<BR>> To: urth@lists.urth.net<BR>> Subject: Re: (urth) New Wolfe Listing on Amazon<BR>> <BR>> Well, I'll admit to being disappointed by Wolfe's recent short work.<BR>> I don't think there's a single story in Starwater Strains, Innocents<BR>> Aboard, or Strange Travelers that I like as much as I like most of the<BR>> stories in Endangered Species, Island of Doctor Death and Other<BR>> Stories and Other Stories, or Book of Days. (Storeys from the Old<BR>> Hotel is a mix of stories I love and stories I don't.)<BR>> <BR>> I'm not sure why. Too much horror and not enough science fiction?<BR>> I'd have to think about it some more. (And, I'll admit, it wouldn't<BR>> hurt to re-read some of the newer stuff.)<BR>> <BR>> On the other hand, I continue to love Wolfe's novels. Wizard Knight<BR>> and especially Soldier of Sidon are wonderful.<BR>> <BR>> Rostrum<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Roy C. Lackey <rclackey@stic.net> wrote:<BR>> > I note that in these lists of named stories, those mentioned most often and<BR>> > indeed the majority of selections come from Wolfe's earliest collections.<BR>> > Not many stories from his last three collections are chosen, or even stories<BR>> > published in the last ten years or so. With a few exceptions, not many of<BR>> > these newer stories have even received much discussion around here. Now why<BR>> > should that be?<BR>> ><BR>> > -Roy<BR>> ><BR>> > _______________________________________________<BR>> > Urth Mailing List<BR>> > To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> > Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR>> ><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Urth Mailing List<BR>> To post, write urth@urth.net<BR>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<BR><br /><hr />Invite your mail contacts to join your friends list with Windows Live Spaces. It's easy! <a href='http://spaces.live.com/spacesapi.aspx?wx_action=create&wx_url=/friends.aspx&mkt=en-us' target='_new'>Try it!</a></body>
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