Index · 3 messages in 1 thread · 15 Apr 2019 – 17 Apr 2019

Ahasuerus

• Gene Wolfe (1931 - 2019)Usenet
  If you want "clear and transparent prose", you read Asimov. If you want "opaque and oblique", you read Wolfe. Hence the "axe/fillet knife" comparison -- they have different functio…
  17 Apr 2019, 12:34
• Gene Wolfe (1931 - 2019)Usenet
  On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at 2:28:05 PM UTC-4, leno... at yahoo.com wrote: [snip] Disch calling Asimov overrated is a bit like a fillet knife calling an axe overrated. Where is the …
  16 Apr 2019, 19:47
• Gene Wolfe (1931 - 2019)Usenet
  His stories weren't always my cup of tea, but many were very well crafted. Good job. He also wrote a number of interesting and occasionally funny essays. For example, here is a sn…
  15 Apr 2019, 18:31

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