tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post115764495597137195..comments2023-10-02T02:52:59.461-07:00Comments on Twigs and Brambles: Daniel Ausemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-1158122517717126232006-09-12T21:41:00.000-07:002006-09-12T21:41:00.000-07:00I really discovered Gene Wolfe through inchoatus.c...I really discovered Gene Wolfe through inchoatus.com, and if I remember right, they were disappointed with Long Sun and preferred Short Sun.Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-1158008026403056572006-09-11T13:53:00.000-07:002006-09-11T13:53:00.000-07:00Yeah, that's why I said 'most' - I don't think I'l...Yeah, that's why I said 'most' - I don't think I'll ever get everything. But I feel he does give clues to most things.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I love The Long Sun and think it's one of his best. It's certainly more straight-forward than Short Sun. But tastes differ, or so I've heard!Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-1157775369045104982006-09-08T21:16:00.000-07:002006-09-08T21:16:00.000-07:00Oops, I guess Long Sun is what I ought to read nex...Oops, I guess Long Sun is what I ought to read next...though I've heard it's not as good as Short Sun.Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-1157773421119343262006-09-08T20:43:00.000-07:002006-09-08T20:43:00.000-07:00That's quite possible. Subtle and tricky for sure...That's quite possible. Subtle and tricky for sure with all his playing around with narrators and all. Though the extent of unreliability of his narrators would lead me to say at the least that it's naive to ever be certain you've figured everything out. But I haven't read nearly enough of Wolfe's books and stories to claim any expert status. I think I'm getting about to the point where I'm sufficiently recovered from New Sun to tackle Short Sun, but I might take a little trip through Wizard Knight first.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by!Daniel Ausemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00478942286366751753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29478962.post-1157732378204398192006-09-08T09:19:00.000-07:002006-09-08T09:19:00.000-07:00I think Wolfe does think the universe can be figur...I think Wolfe does think the universe can be figured out - he was, after all, an engineer. But he thinks it's subtle and tricky. So I think you can figure out most of what's going on in his books, but you just need to read 'em over and over again.<BR/>I'd say it fits with his Catholicism, since Christianity generally holds with the 'book of Law, book of Nature' view that the universe is rational and open to human understanding. Though that rationality may not be entirely graspable by humans and may involve some mystery and mysticism.Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08144417439505262113noreply@blogger.com