I'll chime in on recommending Wolfe's short story collections - I haven't run into one I didn't pretty thoroughly enjoy, but Doctor Death is probably the one that's as consistently rich as New Sun and feels like it prefigures it in many ways. I heartily agree with the recommendation of Cerberus and think that's probably the best next stop. And I must put in a good word for The Wizard-Knight duology against its detractors. It is in some respects rather frustrating or unnerving or annoying or some such thing (which of Wolfe's books aren't?!), but I think it's truly masterful and up there with his greatest stuff - after attempting New Sun and not being sure what I thought, it was Wizard-Knight (and then the collection Innocents Aboard) that got me thorougly mesmerised and hooked and led me in to the entirety of the Solar Cycle and everything else. <br>
<br>-DOJP<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Gerry Quinn <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gerry@bindweed.com">gerry@bindweed.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr">
<div dir="ltr">
<div style="font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;">
<div> </div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">
<div style="font: 10pt tahoma;">
<div> </div>
<div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(245, 245, 245);">
<div><b>From:</b> <a title="kierkegaurdian@gmail.com" href="mailto:kierkegaurdian@gmail.com" target="_blank">Antonin Scriabin</a> </div></div></div><div class="im">
<div> </div>
<div></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">>
I have enjoyed all of his books that I have read, but his stand-alone novels
</div></div></div><div class="im">
<div>
<div style="display: inline;">>
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">that
most impressed me (like Matthew) were <i>Peace</i> and <i>The Fifth Head of
</i></div></div>
<div>
<div style="display: inline;">>
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><i>Cerberus</i>.
</div></div>
<div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </div></div>
</div><div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">I
also think those are his best. And of course he has written a lot of
terrific short stories and novellas.</div></div>
<div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </div></div><font color="#888888">
<div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">-
Gerry Quinn</div></div>
<div>
<div style="font-style: normal; display: inline; font-family: 'Calibri'; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: small; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"> </div></div></font></div></div></div>
<br>_______________________________________________<br>
Urth Mailing List<br>
To post, write <a href="mailto:urth@urth.net">urth@urth.net</a><br>
Subscription/information: <a href="http://www.urth.net" target="_blank">http://www.urth.net</a><br></blockquote></div><br>