Fairies and Wolfe

David Stockhoff · 03 Apr 2012, 22:49 · from 2012-April.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:49:40 -0400
Subject: (urth) Fairies and Wolfe
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On 4/3/2012 3:49 PM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> (I don't particularly think psychic powers are compatible with 
> materialist science, but since John W. Campbell did, and was willing 
> to pay good money for stories that supported that view, we're kind of 
> stuck with them as part of the classic SF tool kit that BotNS relies 
> on, right alongside the V2-style interplanetary rockets and the giant 
> robots. ) 

So THAT'S who I should blame. Curses upon you, Mr Campbell!

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