# Gene Warg

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 29 Jan 2001*

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### Dan Parmenter
*29 Jan 2001, 15:31*

> From: Dan Rabin <wolfe-lists at danrabin.com>
> The letter in question was written in 1966 to one Gene Wolfe.

> Editor Daniel E. Rabin comments that this shows Wolfe's early concern 
> with words, especially those bearing on his surname (contributors to 
> this mailing list have noted several cases of his literary plays on 
> "Wolfe").  The letter also pleases said editor in that it shows a 
> meaningful connection between his two favorite authors.
> 
> Perhaps this is not as remarkable in the grand sweep of things as the 
> fact that Gandhi corresponded with Tolstoy, but it's Definitely Up 
> There.

 
Thanks Dan!  I love stuff like this.  Wolfe made it clear in CASTLE OF
THE OTTER (and perhaps elsewhere) that he was a Tolkien fan without
bothering to mention that he was a correspondent as well.

Shellac

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