19 Out of Print Gene Wolfe books now available as e-books

19 Out of Print Gene Wolfe books now available as e-books
by captaineclectic (2012-12-14 10:44:19)

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Guys, you should really be reading Gene Wolfe.

Not only do I endorse him, but he's also endorsed by a wide-range of other Back Room talent, and also by irishcrusader.

Describing Wolfe in "X meets Y" terms leads to some pretty goofy superlatives. Tolkien meets Proust? Joyce meets Lovecraft? Robert E. Howard meets Robert Graves? G.K. Chesterton meets Herman Melville? Kafka meets Bradbury?

Hopefully you get some kind of picture.

Anyway, this is a great way to get acquanted with the master. I haven't read all these books, so I can't speak to all of them, but other than Free Live Free I've never been let down.

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Replies:

Should have left me out - Irishcrusader 2012-12-14 11:53:48
- I've read him. Waaaaay back. - Buck Mulligan 2012-12-14 13:53:41
- Not only will I not read him, now. - Porpoiseboy 2012-12-14 12:55:10
  - culture war is one board over. * - HoltzBeWithUs 2012-12-14 12:57:49
Oh sure NOW they are - DakotaDomer 2012-12-14 11:24:59
- Read The Wizard Knight or Pirate Freedom - Irishcrusader 2012-12-14 11:43:41
  - Try me again in 20 years - DakotaDomer 2012-12-14 11:59:58
    - Doesn't that imply - Irishcrusader 2012-12-14 12:15:45
      - Well duh, of course I'll be here - DakotaDomer 2012-12-14 12:19:10
I liked Free Live Free - Karl(1of1) 2012-12-14 10:46:25
- To be honest, I didn't finish it. - captaineclectic 2012-12-14 10:54:43
  - Actually, I confused it with Pirate Freedom - Karl(1of1) 2012-12-14 10:56:15
    - I liked Pirate Freedom. - captaineclectic 2012-12-14 10:59:49
      - Well... - Smokin_Clover 2012-12-14 12:05:36
        Yes... - captaineclectic 2012-12-14 12:27:06
      - I did not read this before - Irishcrusader 2012-12-14 11:48:56
- Forward by Neil Gaiman says all I need to know - i'm in - boethius 2012-12-14 10:49:40
  - You'll be glad to know that Neil Gaiman - Papa November 2012-12-14 11:09:18
    - Gaiman is kind of like Forrest Gump in the writing world: - Karl(1of1) 2012-12-14 11:15:15
      - I've actually enjoyed some of Gaiman's stuff. - Papa November 2012-12-14 12:08:15
        "Snow, Glass, Apples" is really well-written. - captaineclectic 2012-12-14 17:13:21
      - Morrison notes this in Supergods - captaineclectic 2012-12-14 11:18:28

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