Welcome to Litsy!

In an alternate world-one where it seems as if Jules Verne-ish forecasts of what several centuries in the future would be like has come true-clones of authors are available as resources and checking out in libraries. Smithe was a mystery noir writer, and he‘s checked out to solve a secret and a death. He‘s a cross between Poirot and Spock and surprisingly crafty. Per Joe Haldeman You‘ll never look at a library book in quite the same way again.

I love Gene Wolfe and I liked A Borrowed Man, but it's not as epic or intricate as some of his other works, like The Book of the New Sun. Like all Wolfe novels, it has some great twists.

Argh. I found this entertaining, but the noirish attitude to the two significant love interest type characters was annoying, and I did continue feeling like sometimes I just... missed something.

Got blue hair before I finished the whole book, but not by much. Time to settle down with Breakfast and finish up. #BunniesofLitsy

Something to read while I'm getting my hair bleached! Sometimes I just do not follow Wolfe's story logic -- he has great ideas, but I always feel like I missed a step somewhere!

No matter how futuristic the setting, a good mystery plot will always work. Wolfe updates a noir plot to a future where people can check authors out of the library, so our detective is a cloned mystery writer from our time. After check out, our hero lands in a tangled family conspiracy.