<html><body><div style="color:; background-color:; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div> > From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo@gmail.com><br> > To: The Urth Mailing List <urth@lists.urth.net><br> ...<br><br>>> Ive also put off reading the<br>>> Wizard Knight because of the "Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs<br>>> Court" premise which seems too fantasy for my taste. I always thought<br>>> it was geared toward younger readers (which isnt a bad thing). Is it<br>>> on the same level as Wolfes other work as far as depth and complexity?<br>> <br>> It's pretty deep and complex, but spells things out a little more.<br>> There are all the usual Lupine tricks -- lacunae, misdirection, etc.<br>> -- but on a level that can be handled by a YA reader.<br><br>An exceptional YA reader, I'd say. People who could have followed TWK in their mid
teens are undoubtedly overrepresented here.<br>
<br>> It really isn't a "Connecticut Yankee" premise; it's taken <br>> much more seriously than that.<br>
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In fact, I'd say it's the anti-Connecticut-Yankee. I don't remember any way in
which Able's modern knowledge, skills, or values help him in the
medieval-ish world (but will be happy to be corrected). I imagine Wolfe was making that point
intentionally.<br>
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I've mentioned my problems with it before, and others here have said they don't
like it because they don't like Able. On the plus side, Wolfe seems to
have solved his problem with weird dialogue that one of the worst
features of the /Short Sun/ is. H'if yer see what Jerry means, bucky.<br>
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On the whole, I liked it. I don't know whether I liked it or the /Soldier/ books better.<br>
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Jerry Friedman </div></div> </div></body></html>