<div dir="ltr"><i><a href="http://jdbookreview.com/gene-wolfe-no-comparison/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">http://jdbookreview.com/gene-wolfe-no-comparison/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"> interview:</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">
<br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">> Whether you subscribe to the theory that Wolfe is some kind of hothouse-cultivated Ent, or “merely” a human genius, you’ll want to read his new novel _The Land Across_.  The author graciously took the time to speak with me via email about the genesis of his typically inventive new work, the state of 21st-century SF, and many other subjects.  An edited transcript of our conversation follows, below. — Paul Di Filippo</span></i><div>
<font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px">For any other out-of-it sap like me, who didn't know what 'the Singularity' was that Di Filippo asked Wolfe about, here's a very helpful article I found (summary:  it's 'the Rapture for nerds'):</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.727272033691406px"><br></span></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://io9.com/5534848/what-is-the-singularity-and-will-you-live-to-see-it">http://io9.com/5534848/what-is-the-singularity-and-will-you-live-to-see-it</a></font><br>
</div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Knowing what it is makes Wolfe's answer all the more fascinating and tantalising...</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br>
</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">-DOJP</font></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Gwern Branwen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gwern@gwern.net" target="_blank">gwern@gwern.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://io9.com/dont-expect-to-figure-out-gene-wolfes-new-novel-the-f-1484516074" target="_blank">http://io9.com/dont-expect-to-figure-out-gene-wolfes-new-novel-the-f-1484516074</a><br>

(review)<br>
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<a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/1591917-151/the-strange-lands-of-sci-fi-master-gene-wolfe" target="_blank">http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/1591917-151/the-strange-lands-of-sci-fi-master-gene-wolfe</a><br>
(review)<br>
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<a href="http://thebookofsilk.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html" target="_blank">http://thebookofsilk.blogspot.com/2013_12_01_archive.html</a> (character list)<br>
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<a href="http://jdbookreview.com/gene-wolfe-no-comparison/" target="_blank">http://jdbookreview.com/gene-wolfe-no-comparison/</a> interview:<br>
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> Whether you subscribe to the theory that Wolfe is some kind of hothouse-cultivated Ent, or “merely” a human genius, you’ll want to read his new novel _The Land Across_.  The author graciously took the time to speak with me via email about the genesis of his typically inventive new work, the state of 21st-century SF, and many other subjects.  An edited transcript of our conversation follows, below. — Paul Di Filippo<br>

<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
--<br>
gwern<br>
<a href="http://www.gwern.net" target="_blank">http://www.gwern.net</a><br>
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