Small Wolfe Essay

David Duffy · 17 May 2006, 01:07 · from 2006-May.txt.gz

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From: David.Duffy at qimr.edu.au (David Duffy)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:07:04 +1000 (EST)
Subject: (urth) Small Wolfe Essay
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On Tue, 16 May 2006, Fred Kiesche wrote:

>
> Not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but Gene
> Wolfe (I just found out, having gotten the book
> yesterday) wrote the introduction to "The Complete
> Hammer's Slammers, Volume One" by David Drake (Night
> Shade Books).

The intro was also reprinted in NYRSF.

> It's a good essay, even if I disagree
> with some of the statements about who is qualified to
> write military SF.
>

Of course Wolfe is an author of military SF too, and fits his own
criteria ;)

David Duffy,

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