From: "Jason Voegele" <voegele.6@osu.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) A Solar Labyrinth
Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 08:51:08 

William Ansley wrote:
>In _The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Science Fiction_ (CD-ROM) John Clute and
>Peter Nicholls state quite baldly "'A Solar Labyrinth' (1983) was a
>metafiction about the entire Book [of the New Sun]." Does anyone know if
>their thinking on this point derived from any support Wolfe might have
>given this idea?

RE: "A Solar Labyrinth" as New Sun metafiction--well the one obvious point
supporting this is the title, since TBOTNS is indeed a labyrinth for the
mind, relating of course the sun.  This metafiction idea also ties in well
with prion's theory concerning this story (i.e. that it's about fantasy
novels).

Jason Voegele



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