Vineland underrated

Terrance lycidas2 at earthlink.net
Thu Sep 25 22:26:17 CDT 2003



Mike Weaver wrote:
> 
> The IWW material may be little more than backstory but it offers a glimpse
> of US history likely unknown to many of the books readers. Why would he do
> that if unless he has the sympathies you are keen to deny him?

You R kidding. Right? You mean to suggest that whenever  an author of
fiction rips a page or two out of history it follows that he is
necessarily sympathetic to some faction/cause/political agency/... 
associated with that history? Doesn't sound like you've gotten around to
reading too much fiction, Mike.



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