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I find Sterling's short stories better than his novels, in general.
I am particularly fond of "Bicycle Repairman" and its sequel,
"Taklamantan." His collaboration with Rucker, "Big Jelly," is pretty
good too. His "Schismatrix" stories (and the novel of the same name)
are excellent. I actually thought "Holy Fire" was one of his weaker
novels; perhaps I should give it another try. "The Difference
Engine" (with Gibson) has grown on me with re-reading.<br>
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At this point I'm reminded of Neal Stephenson as well. The Baroque
Cycle is rather Wolfean and Powersian, in my opinion, infodumps
aside.<br>
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I believe there's a big difference between the people who like Wolfe
(and Lewis, Tolkien, and some others) largely because their work is
heavily influenced by their Catholicism, and those who like Wolfe
because of his pre-post-modern-ish (to coin a phrase) sensibility.
I'm one of the latter, although the Catholicism works fine for me as
a background.<br>
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Dave Lebling<br>
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On 4/17/2012 8:09 PM, Gerry Quinn wrote:
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> To introduce another author, some Bruce Sterling
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> buttons for me as Rucker, Powers, and Lafferty. Wolfe
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<div>Sterling can’t plot to save his life. But _Holy Fire_
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