Full of Hot Air (Q1, pt. 2)

Michael Straight · 19 Feb 2003, 19:10 · from urth-v0302.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Full of Hot Air (Q1, pt. 2)
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 14:10:17 -0500 (EST)
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>In the introduction, GW says something about a writing
>exercise -- what if something was invented much
>earlier than it was?  Any other story fit this general
>"writing exercise" format?

I'm blanking, but feel certain I've seen Wolfe defend some other
technological anachronism in one of his stories with, "well, they could
easily have had/done such a thing back then."  Maybe in the Soldier
series?

-- Rostrum

--=20

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