The Clarity of Clute

Kevin J. Maroney · 08 Nov 1999, 10:45 · from urth-v0028.mbox · original

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From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney at crossover.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) The Clarity of Clute
Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1999 10:45:47
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At 09:15 PM 11/7/99 -0800, Nick wrote:
>It's unlikely that alga and Kevin will ever agree with
>me about the inherent merits of Clute's prose style;

Possibly. I like Clute's writing, and I like his thoughts a great deal. But
he sometimes writes really bad sentences.=20

Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney at crossover.com
Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
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