![]() ![]() But that didn't seem appropriate to what I was doing here. As you know, in most SF about unknown planets, the author is forced to invent wonders and then to name them. Wolfe: I should clarify the fact that all the words I use in The Book of the New Sun are real (except for a couple of typographical errors). Could you talk about why you chose to use mainly "real" words rather than inventing your own? I'm sure a lot of readers had the same mistaken impression I did that you were making up these wondrous, bizarre words-especially since the use of neologisms is so common in SF. LM: That kind of suggestive use for archaic or unfamiliar words is evident throughout the tetralogy. In an interview with Gene Wolfe, the interviewer asks why he dislikes inventing his own words. ![]()
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