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Subject: (urth) RE: Digest urth.v030.n130
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 05:26 +0000

Wasn't this going to be a young-adult novel?

Christopher CULVER <new_sun@hotmail.com>
 
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   >    001 - "Robert Borski" <rborski@ - Wizard Knight: Progress Report
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   >URTH Digest -- for discussion of Gene Wolfe's New Sun and other works
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   >From: "Robert Borski" <rborski@charter.net>
   >Subject: Wizard Knight: Progress Report
   >Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 12:07:55 -0500
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   >Good news, my brother and sister Lupophiles.
   >
   >GW has finished the first draft of his next novel, The WIZARD KNIGHT, and is
   >now about 130 pages into the second draft. Because of its considerable
   >length, he's anticipating (or at least hoping) it'll be published in two
   >massive volumes.
   >
   >Given the narrative complexity of SHORT SUN, I asked about WK's
   >point-of-view, and Wolfe responded: "The narrator recounts his experiences
   >in first, but switches to third to reconstruct events he did not witness."
   >
   >So keep your fingers crossed, and who knows, depending on how long it takes
   >GW to finish drafts two and three, and then turnaround time on the
   >publishing end, perhaps we'll be seeing the new work sometime late next year
   >or early the following.
   >
   >In the meantime, I'll be dreaming of Aelfrice and all the likely Wolfean
   >wonders soon to be found there.
   >
   >Robert Borski


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