The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe

Ron Henry · 01 Mar 2004, 16:36 · from rec.arts.sf.written.2004.mbox

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From: "Ron Henry" <ronhenry at blahblahblah.clarityconnectcom>
Subject: Re: The Snootiness of Gene Wolfe
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 11:36:29 -0500
Message-ID: <c1voqs$r8t$1 at news01.cit.cornell.edu>
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...

> I've read a lot of Gene Wolf

Um. You're so familiar with his work that you mis-spell his name in the
first line of your post? Sigh.

Hint: let's say you're not simply a random troll-like troublemaker (I
don't feel like scrutinizing your post closely enough for clues to
tell) -- be careful about obvious and egregious mis-spellings, since
they are the sure mark of a random jerk who is just trying to incite
people.

> Therefore I feel somewhat qualified to make this
> observation: Mr. Wolfe is a snooty elitist author.

[bulk snipped]

> I kind of want to be wrong,

Well, that's very fortunate.

Ron Henry

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