From: "Andy Robertson" <andywrobertson@clara.co.uk>
Subject: Re: (urth) Tolkien essay, pre-publication history
Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 22:35:42 -0000


Gene Wolfe wrote to me, when questioned on this very point:


<quote>
I would say "rejected."  If you prefer "refused" or "withdrawn" I will not
object.
</quote>

Me, I think Haber understood the political implications of Wolfe's essay and
wanted to squelch it.



    Andy Robertson




----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Andre-Driussi" <mantis@siriusfiction.com>
To: <urth@lists1.ba.best.com>
> So it seems to me that if there was any "rejection" involved with the
> Tolkien book, it was Gene Wolfe's rejection of the terms and subsequent
> withdrawal of the essay.
>
> =mantis=