(urth) Father Inire and SF loathing

[Daniel D Jones]

On Monday 12 June 2006 02:03, don doggett wrote:
> I've found that I have no hate in my heart for any
> SF/fantasy writers (though there's plenty I have no
> desire to read). It's all reserved for "literary"
> fiction writers who pretend to something that SF is
> fortunately not burdened with- SIGNIFICANCE (note the
> caps). It's pretence that sickens me, not bad writing.
> But, back to Wolfe:

Interestingly enough, pretentiousness is one of the charges that is frequently 
leveled at both Donaldson and Wolfe.