I enjoyed this — as I enjoy all thoughtful commentary on this book. I enjoyed it even though I think I’ve busted open the plot — and even though I think the the theme is not the horror of colonialism but it’s folly (that the land colonizes the colonizers) — and also that it is a faerie story.
I enjoyed this — as I enjoy all thoughtful commentary on this book. I enjoyed it even though I think I’ve busted open the plot — and even though I think the the theme is not the horror of colonialism but it’s folly (that the land colonizes the colonizers) — and also that it is a faerie story.
Anyway, my explanation is at the 1:04 mark HERE:
https://rereadingwolfe.podbean.com/e/bonus-joan-gordon-talks-about-gene-wolfe-and-chapter-6-the-master-of-the-curators-the-shadow-of-the-torturer-the-book-of-the-new-sun/
- James Wynn