# Smith, Lewis

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 11 Sep 1997*

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### Alice Turner
*11 Sep 1997, 12:31*

mantis,

> My personal sense of Cordwainer Smith is that his work is somewhat
> closer to the mode of Lewis than the mode of Wolfe (I readily admit I
> prefer Smith over Lewis).  Would you agree?  (How about you, alga?)

Yes, closer with exceptions, because Wolfe's short fiction runs a gamut. And
I very much prefer Smith over Lewis. Smith is on my shortest list.

-alga-

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