The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe

Matt Hughes · 29 Feb 2004, 07:12 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2004.mbox

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From: mhughes at mars.ark.com (Matt Hughes)
Subject: Re: The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe
Date: 28 Feb 2004 23:12:49 -0800
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Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written
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Josh <if.you.want.to.email at visit.joshbrain.tripod.org> wrote in message news:<Xns949D9FE6F929Difyouwanttoemailvisi at 199.45.49.11>...

[a lot of contentious and pretentious twaddle]

Did you really write this or did you get some snooty, elitist, English
majoring friend to draft it for you?

Gene Wolfe is one of the finest writers sf has produced.  That's that.
Troll off.

Matt Hughes
http://mars.ark.com/~mhughes/

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