Father Inire and SF loathing

Daniel D Jones · 12 Jun 2006, 11:07 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: ddjones at riddlemaster.org (Daniel D Jones)
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:07:05 -0400
Subject: (urth) Father Inire and SF loathing
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On Monday 12 June 2006 02:03, don doggett wrote:
> I've found that I have no hate in my heart for any
> SF/fantasy writers (though there's plenty I have no
> desire to read). It's all reserved for "literary"
> fiction writers who pretend to something that SF is
> fortunately not burdened with- SIGNIFICANCE (note the
> caps). It's pretence that sickens me, not bad writing.
> But, back to Wolfe:

Interestingly enough, pretentiousness is one of the charges that is frequently 
leveled at both Donaldson and Wolfe.

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