Re: Harry Potter and Adults

On 03 Dec 2003 David T. Bilek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in
rec.arts.sf.composition: 

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian M. Scott) wrote:

[...]

>>It occurs to me that Cherryh is the only writer of sf (who
>>comes to mind at the moment, anyway) whose writing
>>occasionally gives me the impression of a genuinely
>>formidable intelligence.  There are quite a few who are
>>obviously very knowledgeable and very intelligent, but
>>their writing somehow isn't quite so overpowering in that
>>respect.  I'm damned if I know just what produces the
>>effect, though. 

> Gene Wolfe doesn't give you that effect?

I've read only _The Book of the New Sun_ and I think _Soldier of 
the Mist_, but no, he doesn't.

Brian