On the other hand, I often find those who love Wolfe's ornate verbosity in BotNS don't like his more bare and minimalist style in the other books. I think he's an unspeakably talented artist that he can handle so deftly these different voices and styles.<div>
<br></div><div>-DOJP<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:14 AM, David Stockhoff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dstockhoff@verizon.net">dstockhoff@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 12/19/2011 6:43 PM, Jerry Friedman wrote:<br>
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From: Dan'l Danehy-Oakes<<a href="mailto:danldo@gmail.com" target="_blank">danldo@gmail.com</a>><br>
I have many favorite passages in tBotNS, all of which totally blow me<br>
away with the beauty of the language.<br>
<br>
My favorite, however, must be the passage in _Citadel_ where he<br>
realizes that the Claw was just the thorn of a rosebush, ending with<br>
the line about throwing his boots into the sea so that he might not<br>
walk shod on holy land.<br>
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Also a favorite of mine, no one will be surprised to hear, along with the other set piece about the forms of governance.<br>
<br>
For some friends of mine who don't like Wolfe, the style is what puts them off. They find it verbose. No accounting for tastes.<br>
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Verbose, but precise, and always with a sting. Much like Avram Davidson.<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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