tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post2066528889250153622..comments2024-03-20T19:40:58.078-05:00Comments on The OF Blog: Gene Wolfe, Free Live FreeLarry Nolenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-39255887540411501072007-12-15T09:35:00.000-06:002007-12-15T09:35:00.000-06:00Glad to hear that both of you are enjoying these p...Glad to hear that both of you are enjoying these posts :D As I've said before, writing these posts (and doing some background "research" into other reviews to make sure there were significant points that I might have missed while re-reading them) has helped me a lot in understanding Wolfe's writings.<BR/><BR/>As for managing to avoid Wolfe fatigue, while I have averaged almost a book a day, I do read other fictions around this. Some of these I'll be reviewing in the coming days and weeks. As for the Wolfe short stories, I was planning more to do an overview of <I>Castle of Days</I>, <I>Strange Travelers</I>, and <I>Innocents Aboard</I>, since I don't know if I have the time/energy (I've been battling a sinus infection that has kept me confined to home the past few days) to do a lengthy study of individual stories.Larry Nolenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16001420558511460998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-76364121892297992272007-12-15T04:20:00.000-06:002007-12-15T04:20:00.000-06:00Larry,I continue to enjoy your Wolfe posts. I don...Larry,<BR/>I continue to enjoy your Wolfe posts. I don't know how you manage to take in so much Wolfe without a sort of fatigue setting in.<BR/><BR/>For those interested in smaller Wolfe bites, and with Christmas coming up, how about some of Wolfe's Christmas-themed stories?:<BR/><BR/>"La Befana" is collected in <I>The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories</I>, and also in <I>Gene Wolfe's Book of Days</I> (and <I>Castle of Days</I>), along with "War Beneath the Tree." The tragic "And When They Appear" is in <I>Strange Travelers</I>. Not for the faint of heart, that one.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234736402558498546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8068873.post-24107324887909684962007-12-14T21:15:00.000-06:002007-12-14T21:15:00.000-06:00This is a great series of posts, Larry. I freely ...This is a great series of posts, Larry. I freely admit that I did not "get" the New Sun books and this has turned me off of Wolfe quite a bit. I'm not quite sure I want to read a book two or three times to really understand it, not with so many other good and more accessible works out there. This says more about me as a reader than anything else. <BR/><BR/>Regardless, I am very much enjoying and being educated by these posts.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16094675116398769415noreply@blogger.com