Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun

Charlie Martin · 17 Feb 1986, 05:20 · from net.sf-lovers.1986.mbox

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From: crm at duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin)
Subject: Re: Re: Gene Wolfe: Book of the New Sun
Date: Mon, 17-Feb-86 00:20:24 EST
Message-ID: <6921 at duke.UUCP>
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
References: <194 at analog.UUCP> <3840005 at csd2.UUCP> <651 at edison.UUCP> <1808 at hammer.UUCP> <527 at hoptoad.uucp>

In article <527 at hoptoad.uucp> tim at hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney) writes:
>This "cult" happens to include more than half of the SFWA, the Science
>Fiction Writers of America, as evidenced by the Nebula selections.  I would
>hardly call the SFWA uncritical, or large for that matter.  Perhaps the
>writers know something you don't?  (There, we're even insult for insult.)
>
>Tim Maroney, Electronic Village Idiot
>{sun,ptsfa,ihnp4,well,yomama,frog}!hoptoad!tim


And also even, fallacy for fallacy.  This one is called "appeal
to authority."

--- and how are you liking the bay area?

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