There Are Doors - Gene Wolfe Book Review

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" Orb, Oct 2001, 14.95, 313 pp. ISBN: 0312872305 He spent last evening in bliss, but in the morning, headache and all, her note saying she loved him, but had to go back stuns him. Taking aspirin, salesman Mr. Green searches for his beloved, but Lara Morgan seems to have vanished. He knows very little about her, but realizes she left clues such as her confusion over recent modern appliances like icemakers and mentioned something about doors. Mr. Green soon believes that Lara is the Goddess who once in a while finds a human lover. Her choice in men is nice males who reside on the fringe of society. She gives them her all before leaving, but the man left behind is ruined for any other female. Mr. Green knows he must find the doors, enter, and risk all to reclaim his beloved as his. He soon finds a strange doll store that has a doll that looks like a teenage Lara. THERE ARE DOORS is a reprint of a classic Gene Wolfe romantic fantasy. The story line is cleverly devised as Mr. Wolfe revises Saki's the Lady or the Tiger and places it in a fantasy world, that is if the reader accepts Mr. Green as sane. Fans of Mr. Wolfe need to realize this novel is vastly different than his epic tales yet quite entertaining as the nondescript Mr. Green finds a reason to live, a quest for love. Harriet Klausner "
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Composition of Book
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%

Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - part earth & part fantasy world
Romance Yes
Romance plotlets: - two lovers coping with tough mission
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Human/magical couple? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - small businessman
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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