Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!bvi From: bvi@hpda.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Re: shadow of the torturer and thomas co - (nf) Message-ID: <416@hpda.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 14:33:30 EDT Article-I.D.: hpda.416 Posted: Mon Jun 20 14:33:30 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jun-83 15:49:22 EDT Lines: 17 #R:utcsstat:-69700:hpda:14100001:000:768 hpda!bvi Jun 20 11:32:00 1983 Hmmm... No, the only correlation between Donaldson and Wolfe that I share is that they're both hard to get into. However, whereas I *forced* myself to finish the 1st Donaldson book, and had absolutely *no* interest in reading any more in the sequence, I found I couldn't put Shadow of the Torturer down once I got about 1/4 of the way into it. It does take a bit of getting used to, because Wolfe writes in a deliberately obscure manner that forces you to use more imagination than most other SF books. I found that Severian and the whole culture portrayed in the book fascinating; I finished SoT in one sitting and ran out the next day to buy the other three books, which I finished post haste. I only wish there were more! Beatriz Infante ..!ucbvax!hpda!bvi