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Alex Dobrenko`'s avatar

Well this just about confirms that I will not read it lol. Did Joyce really say that? What a douscher. People like that its like yes, I’m sure you are talented but you would suck to hang out with lol

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Nathan Slake's avatar

Really enjoyed reading this, Troy. Thanks for linking it via the BotNS post.

I don't know what Wolfe's intentions were when writing, though he certainly has a desire for the labyrinth and cryptic. As a loather of overt exposition, I am much more likely to fall into enjoying something that requires some degree of analysis of the text and thinking about how the pieces interlock. But, if it's done purely for the sake of making the reader's life difficult then I'm not behind that, but I can't help feel that that is *not* Wolfe. (Might be Joyce though, based on his quote!)

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