<div>I also thought this was ridiculous. One editor's opinion does little to convince me. I think Wolfe would be published no matter when he began submitting. The comment about his writing being too strange also kills me. What about the guy who wrote Fight Club and Guts? (Can't remember his name at the moment) I suppose this editor thinks that his stuff is normal. And as far as Wolfe's writing being too religious, I disagree. I think for most people, the religion in his work is there, but it is subtle and never dominates. If you go into Wolfe's work looking for examples of his beliefs, then you will find them, IMO. Then again, you could go into Wolfe's work looking for examples of just about anything and most likely find it. Just my $0.02
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Recursive Loop</b> <<a href="mailto:recursive_loop@yahoo.com">recursive_loop@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Now, **this** is funny:<br><br>"I recently asked a veteran New York editor whether Wolfe could find a publisher today if he were
<br>just coming along as a young writer. "Probably not," she admitted. His writing is too religious,<br>too difficult, and too strange."<br><br>Heaven forbid that we request readers to actually **think**, now!<br><br>
Why didn't she just say "He's conservative, I'm a hip left-leaning NY publisher and I can't see<br>past the end of my viewpoint!"<br><br><br><br><br><br>____________________________________________________________________________________
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