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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes28 Jun 2001, 09:58original as archived

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Maybe this is why some hard SF people can't stand Wolfe.

That, and the fact that his stories aren't generally about problems to be solved by technological means.

Except maybe "Alien Stones."

Do we have to argue about everything around here? (Stumbles backward at the deafening massed roar of YEEESSSS!) Oh. Okay. Well, then, in that case, may I point out the word "generally" in my previous post... Blatt, blatt,

Michael Straight28 Jun 2001, 14:16original as archived

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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote: Maybe this is why some hard SF people can't stand Wolfe.

That, and the fact that his stories aren't generally about problems to be solved by technological means.

Except maybe "Alien Stones."

Do we have to argue about everything around here?

Sorry I wasn't clear. I mentioned that more as the exception that proves your rule. It's a nifty engineer's spin on "solved by technological means" that I wouldn't have thought to describe that way if you hadn't used that phrase. And, of course, the story's about more than a problem to be solved by technological means. I didn't get the ending (particularly the bit about one's marital status in the resurrection) until I reread it after the whole Clinton/Lewinsky affair, which made me laugh when the aliens said "It depends on how you define 'is'" -- which made me pay more attention to the comment and realize what they were talking about. -Rostrum