is Gene Wolfe among us?

Roy C. Lackey · 23 May 2006, 06:34 · from 2006-May.txt.gz

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From: rclackey at stic.net (Roy C. Lackey)
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 01:34:51 -0500
Subject: (urth) is Gene Wolfe among us?
Message-ID: <001201c67e33$024bed00$463ec6d8 at rclackey.stic.net>

b sharp wrote:

>Just so it is clear, my original post in this thread was completely
>tongue-in-cheek.  If I really thought Roy was Gene Wolfe I wouldn't out him
>in such a cavalier manner.  If there was any purpose to it, other than
play,
>it might be as a parable to warn against the dangers of seeking only
>positive evidence when trying to support a pet theory.

I have been known to inveigh against buffet-style theorizing myself, but it
is usually a waste of time. People tend to see what they want to see.
Meanwhile, carry on!

Who was that in the picture?

-Roy

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