<div>'If Ever a Wiz There Was' by Patrick O'Leary, in the book <em>Other Voices, Other Doors</em> and online here:</div>
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<div><a href="http://web.mac.com/paddybon/Site/a_tribute_to_Gene_Wolfe.html">http://web.mac.com/paddybon/Site/a_tribute_to_Gene_Wolfe.html</a></div>
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<div>-DOJP<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:harry@hubertrogers.com">harry@hubertrogers.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hello all, <br>I'm wondering if someone else out there can help me with this. I'm trying to find an essay on The Book of the New Sun that I read online many years ago. I was under the impression that it was written by Neil Gaiman, but my google searches have been unsuccessful so I might have been wrong. It's not that short one called "How to read Gene Wolfe".<br>
<br>It was a wonderful essay, and what I remember most is how the author very eloquently and convicingly described a few of scenes from the book, but also gradually explained, one layer of symbolism at a time, how there was far more going on than the literal happenings. The only specific example I (nearly) remember is the scene with Severian on Mount Typhon - which had something to do with him hanging out of the eye like a tear drop.<br>
<br>Sorry I can't be more specific - my memory of the essay is very hazy.... almost as bad as my memory of the books themselves! I'd be very grateful if someone can point me towards that essay again. And for those that haven't come across it, you might get a lot from it too!<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Harry<br><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>
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