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The Urth list — 3 messages, 3 voices, 20 Feb 1999
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Patri10629 — 20 Feb 1999, 20:35

Hi, I'm new here.

My teacher told me this newsgroup is where to go to delve into serious
literary criticism/commentary re: Gene Wolfe--a writer of some merit, I'm
told, who transcends the typical SCI-FI. I've not read him yet but I hope to
start. And I had hoped to garnish some insight for my senior thesis:
"Exceptions To The Rules of Mediocrity in Popular Genres." But what do I find?
Pompous summaries of Paul McCartney's old group before Wings. Theological
Meditations on Gilligan Island. Heck, I can get that anywhere on the net--Why
go here? And another thing:

" Because I could not stop for Death,
   He kindly stopped for me; 
   The carriage held but just ourselves 
   And immortality. 

That's the last verse to "The Yellow Rose of Texas" not a TV themesong. Don't
you people know anything?

Newt

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Jack Lyons — 20 Feb 1999, 17:43
  follows, by subject match Patri10629

On Sat, 20 Feb 1999 Patri10629 at aol.com wrote:

:Hi, I'm new here.

Hello Newt! Welcome to the Pet Shop Boys lyrics list.

I think your teacher was trolling you, that verse came from
Dorothy Parker.

RJ

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Marc Coleman — 23 Feb 1999, 07:03
  follows, by subject match Jack Lyons

> At 03:35 PM 2/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
> Hi, I'm new here.
> 
> My teacher told me this newsgroup is where to go to delve into serious
> literary criticism/commentary re: Gene Wolfe--a writer of some merit, I'm
> told, who transcends the typical SCI-FI. I've not read him yet but I hope to
> start. 

Start, then!!!   marc

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