My first thought was something dramatic like "between the light and the shadow: the fiction of Gene Wolfe" (implying the undistorted object itself, but without resorting to "sun" in place of light) but I rather liked the clever book of the short fiction/book of the long fiction. <div>
<br></div><div>Since I have more or less reached the 80s, this isn't entirely off topic- I actually think the increasing influence of Kafka, while it had atmospheric impact in a positive way for New Sun, problematizes interpretation of Wolfe. It makes the difficulty in discerning absurdity from elision a bit more prominent. The Borgesian metafiction is easier to identify and more localized (parkroads, last thrilling wonder story). The syncretic fairiefolk of cabin on the coast/friendship light/Monday men/twin mounds also open up infinite frames of reference - does logic apply as assiduously as it did in almost everything written before 1980?<br>
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I'm in the same boat. What I need is a handy Aramini desk
reference!<br>
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It could be called 'The Wolfe Short Story Companion' or something.
Maybe some clever title could be invented that alludes to the
companions that frequently attach themselves to the protagonist in
Wolfe's stories.<br>
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- Gerry Quinn<br>
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