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[Wilson Gray]

In what sense?

-Wilson

On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I asked you not to tell me that! Besides, Poul Anderson, the author of
>> one of my favorite stories, "The Un-Man," was a science-fiction
>> writer, not a literary giant whose style affected the usage of others.
>>
>> -Wilson
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> False dichotomy! He was both.
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