Tolkien & Wolfe

The Urth list — 4 messages, 4 voices, 12 Jan 2010
https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/5533

Gwern Branwen12 Jan 2010, 14:22
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gene_Wolfe&curid7426&diff36438974&oldid36408664 Has anyone ever seen Wolfe & Tolkien's correspondence?
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John Watkins12 Jan 2010, 14:26

↳ in reply to Gwern Branwen

Possibly that just refers to the fan letter Wolfe sent Tolkien and the reply he received? Wolfe describes both, and transcribes Tolkien's response, in "The Best Introduction to the Mountains." Unless Wolfe preserved a copy of his letter, it must survive, if at all, in Tolkien's papers.
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gene_Wolfe&curid7426&diff36438974&oldid36408664 Has anyone ever seen Wolfe & Tolkien's correspondence? -- gwern _______________________________________________
Rob Thornton12 Jan 2010, 15:18

↳ in reply to John Watkins

An authorized copy of Best Introduction to the Mountains is online at: http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/wolfemountains.html rob
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:26 AM, John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com> wrote: Possibly that just refers to the fan letter Wolfe sent Tolkien and the reply he received? Wolfe describes both, and transcribes Tolkien's response, in "The Best Introduction to the Mountains." Unless Wolfe preserved a copy of his letter, it must survive, if at all, in Tolkien's papers. On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Gwern Branwen <gwern0 at gmail.com> wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Gene_Wolfe&curid7426&diff36438974&oldid36408664 Has anyone ever seen Wolfe & Tolkien's correspondence? -- gwern _______________________________________________
andywrobertson at clara.co.uk12 Jan 2010, 16:49

↳ in reply to Rob Thornton

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An authorized copy of Best Introduction to the Mountains is online at: http://home.clara.net/andywrobertson/wolfemountains.html rob
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