I’ve got “Litany of the Long Sun” on my sofaside and intend t5o start it in a couple of days (after I’m finished with a small stack of gardening things.) The inside of my brainbox feels itchy. I am thrilled to be at the beginning of something you describe as fantastic.
Gene Wolfe is a challenging writer, but if I can semi-hack it I know you can, you are way smarter than me. Some of those things you have written to bishops are just brilliant, in my opinion.
Gene Wolfe usually uses the literary device of an unreliable narrator to great effect, and skips around a lot. You have to work at it, but the result is well worth the effort, in my experience. His definition of “literature” is “...that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.” Plus, he wrote to Tolkien and recieved a letter back!
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