Defending Wolfe

The Urth list — 6 messages, 4 voices, 08 Aug 2008
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/5125

Fred Kiesche08 Aug 2008, 00:42
Greetings: A person commenting about a post on SF Signal has said (putting it nicer than he eventually does) that Wolfe is a bad writer. I've posted some comments, SF author John Wright has posted a comment...anybody from the list want to join in and express an opinion? See: <http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007006.html> F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok!
Blake Hyde08 Aug 2008, 01:26

↳ in reply to Fred Kiesche

He's a troll. Ignore him.
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On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Fred Kiesche <recursive_loop at yahoo.com> wrote: Greetings: A person commenting about a post on SF Signal has said (putting it nicer than he eventually does) that Wolfe is a bad writer. I've posted some comments, SF author John Wright has posted a comment...anybody from the list want to join in and express an opinion? See: <http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007006.html> F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok! _______________________________________________
Lane Haygood08 Aug 2008, 01:59

↳ in reply to Blake Hyde

Some people don't like to think and read. I may not understand their alternative lifestyles, but it's not for me to judge. Sent from my iPhone
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On Aug 7, 2008, at 8:26 PM, "Blake Hyde" <syrion at gmail.com> wrote: He's a troll. Ignore him. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Fred Kiesche <recursive_loop at yahoo.com> wrote:
Greetings: A person commenting about a post on SF Signal has said (putting it nicer than he eventually does) that Wolfe is a bad writer. I've posted some comments, SF author John Wright has posted a comment...anybody from the list want to join in and express an opinion? See: <http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007006.html> F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok! _______________________________________________
aaron08 Aug 2008, 02:36

↳ in reply to Lane Haygood

Let this guy have his Terry Goodkind and John Ringo. Those of us who who read higher than a sixth grade level will keep Wolfe for ourselves. ;)
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On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Lane Haygood <lhaygood at gmail.com> wrote: Some people don't like to think and read. I may not understand their alternative lifestyles, but it's not for me to judge. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2008, at 8:26 PM, "Blake Hyde" <syrion at gmail.com> wrote: He's a troll. Ignore him.
On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Fred Kiesche <recursive_loop at yahoo.com> wrote:
Greetings: A person commenting about a post on SF Signal has said (putting it nicer than he eventually does) that Wolfe is a bad writer. I've posted some comments, SF author John Wright has posted a comment...anybody from the list want to join in and express an opinion? See: <http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007006.html> F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok! _______________________________________________
Fred Kiesche08 Aug 2008, 02:40

↳ in reply to aaron

Well, I don't know about Terry Goodkind, but I have about a half shelf full of John Ringo! F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok! --- On Thu, 8/7/08, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote: From: aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> Subject: Re: (urth) Defending Wolfe To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 10:36 PM Let this guy have his Terry Goodkind and John Ringo. Those of us who who read higher than a sixth grade level will keep Wolfe for ourselves. ;) On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Lane Haygood <lhaygood at gmail.com> wrote: Some people don't like to think and read. I may not understand their alternative lifestyles, but it's not for me to judge. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2008, at 8:26 PM, "Blake Hyde" <syrion at gmail.com> wrote: He's a troll. ?Ignore him. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Fred Kiesche <recursive_loop at yahoo.com> wrote: Greetings: A person commenting about a post on SF Signal has said (putting it nicer than he eventually does) that Wolfe is a bad writer. I've posted some comments, SF author John Wright has posted a comment...anybody from the list want to join in and express an opinion? See: <http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007006.html> F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok! Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net Urth Mailing List To post, write urth at urth.net Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net
Lane Haygood08 Aug 2008, 02:42

↳ in reply to Fred Kiesche

Terry Goodkind is what happens when worse writers than Ayn Rand (and that's saying something) attempt to explain that hackneyed bit of nonsense called Objectivism. Lane
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On Aug 7, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Fred Kiesche wrote: Well, I don't know about Terry Goodkind, but I have about a half shelf full of John Ringo! F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok! --- On Thu, 8/7/08, aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> wrote: From: aaron <aaronsingleton at gmail.com> Subject: Re: (urth) Defending Wolfe To: "The Urth Mailing List" <urth at lists.urth.net> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 10:36 PM Let this guy have his Terry Goodkind and John Ringo. Those of us who who read higher than a sixth grade level will keep Wolfe for ourselves. ;) On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:59 PM, Lane Haygood <lhaygood at gmail.com> wrote: Some people don't like to think and read. I may not understand their alternative lifestyles, but it's not for me to judge. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 7, 2008, at 8:26 PM, "Blake Hyde" <syrion at gmail.com> wrote: He's a troll. Ignore him. On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:42 AM, Fred Kiesche <recursive_loop at yahoo.com> wrote: Greetings: A person commenting about a post on SF Signal has said (putting it nicer than he eventually does) that Wolfe is a bad writer. I've posted some comments, SF author John Wright has posted a comment...anybody from the list want to join in and express an opinion? See: <http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/007006.html> F.P. Kiesche III "Ah Mr. Gibbon, another damned, fat, square book. Always, scribble, scribble, scribble, eh?" (The Duke of Gloucester, on being presented with Volume 2 of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.) Blogging at TexasBestGrok! _______________________________________________

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