[Dragaera] Steven Erikson (was: Reading series)

[Casey Rousseau]

Philip Hart writ:
> Not sure whether I've argued the following here before and 
> been refuted, but I don't think Brust actually is a CSTOL 
> writer.  Gene Wolfe is if I understand correctly the founder 
> or anyway leading practitioner of that school,...

http://www.strangehorizons.com/2003/20030203/brust.shtml
SB: The Cool Stuff Theory of Literature states that all literature consists
of whatever the writer thinks is cool, and the reader will enjoy the work to
the degree that the reader and writer agree about what's cool -- and this
functions all the way from the external trappings to deepest level of theme
and to the way the writer uses words. I came up with it when I had to do an
interview for Locus and hadn't enough sleep the night before, so I had to
invent something interesting to say. Its Godfather is Gene Wolfe and some
advice he gave a writer when judging a writing contest. I heard the advice
and it got me to thinking. Most of the things Mr. Wolfe says get me to
thinking. Why aren't you interviewing him?