From: Derek Bell <dbell@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: (whorl) A question
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 20:05:47 +0000


[Posted from Whorl, the mailing list for Gene Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun]

In message <199701210234.SAA03234@lists1.best.com>, "Fernando Q. Gouvea" writes
:
>I certainly did reread the first three books; it's very helpful. Given the
>long gap between the third and fourth books, it's easy to forget too many
>of those important details.

	I did so too, for the same reason. Maybe I read the books too
quickly the first time, but the characters, particularly the sybils
seemed more vivid the second time around. Of course, some of the
character traits are very distinct, such as Maytera Rose's
judgemental temperament.

	Derek

Questions or problems to whorl-owner@lists.best.com