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Jun 11, 2022Liked by Joel Cuthbertson

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

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