tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21802701.post7077213596842826078..comments2024-03-24T04:09:59.780+00:00Comments on Word Daddy: interactive copywriter in London.: Book of the Long Sun by Gene Wolfe ReviewTristanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14235856654790610822noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21802701.post-82872440767255386482010-08-10T13:16:44.900+01:002010-08-10T13:16:44.900+01:00Hi Aaron - thanks for your thoughts. You're qu...Hi Aaron - thanks for your thoughts. You're quite right - SF is a genre I passionately support and love. However, a lot of people do look down their noses at SF and my opening remarks were aimed ironically at them.<br /><br />Some authors achieve mainstream success with SF novels that they claim aren't SF - Margaret Atwood, for instance. I prefer Wolfe's stance, but I wonder if it's come at the cost of greater sales.Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235856654790610822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21802701.post-67414773290178325862010-08-02T23:05:04.752+01:002010-08-02T23:05:04.752+01:00I also love the Long Sun books as well as Wolfe...I also love the Long Sun books as well as Wolfe's work as a whole. The only thing that I didn't like about your review is your contempt for SF. You say that the SF setting belies the literary quality of this work, but I know Wolfe doesn't feel that way at all. He is proud to be an SF writer and always has been. I really thought that after all the great SF books that have been written we were beyond having to say that any good SF isn't really SF at all. But it is.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04806211562444068303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21802701.post-63263051770563614522007-12-15T07:47:00.000+00:002007-12-15T07:47:00.000+00:00That's rather whet my appetite - I enjoyed the New...That's rather whet my appetite - I enjoyed the New Sun books very much and still rate Severian as a superb fictional creation. Once I have the energy to read again (!) I may give this a go. Along with all the other books you've bought/recommended to me over the years...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.com