<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi.</div><div>For some reason, I'd never read this short piece. Now I'm trying to fill the blanks in some authors, I've come across it:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsider_(short_story)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsider_(short_story)</a><br>
</div><div><a href="http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx">http://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/o.aspx</a></div><div><br></div><div>And you know what? The language rings very Wolfean. At first sight, it's a lame gothic tale. And there's really nothing hidden below that. But it can also be a lot of things if you want to read them into it.</div>
<div>What I find interesting is that not only it could have been written by Severian, up to the last word, some imagery is very evocative. And then the words themselves. I'd have a very hard time believing the corpses that *strewed* Severian's battlefield came from anywhere else, even if the image is different, but what got me wondering was if, with such gleaning going on, the name 'Outsider' has got some connection with this story too. Yes, at first sight there's no relationship to be found.</div>
<div>I couldn't find any discussion of this story in connection to Wolfe - after all, why should there be?. Do you know of any? All I could find were analyses of 'An Evil Guest', which I have yet to read.</div>
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