ENDANGERED SPECIES by Gene Wolfe

Jeff Fabijanic · 27 Apr 1990, 14:42 · from rec.arts.sf-lovers.1990.mbox

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From: jeff at spdcc.COM (Jeff Fabijanic)
Subject: Re: ENDANGERED SPECIES by Gene Wolfe
Date: 27 Apr 90 14:42:51 GMT
Message-ID: <2636 at ursa-major.SPDCC.COM>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf-lovers,rec.arts.books

writes:

>     Unfortunately, even such a literary work as this is not free of
>typos; in "The God and His Man" the sword is named either "Maser" or
>"Master," depending on what sentence you're in.

I went back and read this story to make sure, and I think that the change
was intentional. The sword is "Master" (which, considering the story, is
pretty true) and it is also a maser - that is, it behaves more powerfully
than a simple sword, the implication being that it is a high powered energy
weapon of some sort.
 But then again, maybe they *are* just typos...;*}

          Jeff

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