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<DIV>URTHers --</DIV>
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<DIV>I glanced at a copy of Jeff VanderMeer's recent novel, <EM>Shriek -- An
Afterword</EM>, and discovered that it has a blurb by Gene Wolfe: </DIV>
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<DIV>"Here is a desert island book, a tale you can lose yourself in for days, a
novel of character in which the setting -- the magnificently gritty city-state
named Ambergris -- proves as the light fails to be the finest character of
all."</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://www.amazon.com/Shriek-Afterword-Jeff-VanderMeer/dp/0765314665">http://www.amazon.com/Shriek-Afterword-Jeff-VanderMeer/dp/0765314665</A></DIV>
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<DIV>I wish someone were keeping track of all the books Wolfe has
blurbed....</DIV>
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<DIV>John</DIV>
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