glad to see similar strain of discussion on wolfe's writing. I started the shadow and claw volume three tiems before i got into it, and even now ive had it on the go for almost a year, reading passages and then reading a good few books in between and going back to it.
Its definately a great work, extremely rich and enthralling. Though alot of the time you do find yourself drifting off as a lakc of any obvious plot becomes apparent in places, but the oddity of Severian's world keeps you going.
I definately enjoy it, but its a long haul and something i prefer to read in time.
I already own the second volume "sword and citadel" and one day will read that
(to any students of the classics; it sometimes makes me nostalgic for homers works or the aeneid, it is almost in that epic narrative format.
anyhow. Its good lol.