Re: Worldken bard Poul Anderson in deathstead (not a funny)

On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, John Cowan wrote:

> Yoon Ha Lee scripsit:
>
> > <sardonic g>  I noticed that sort of slipstream wordage in Greg
> > Bear's _Queen of Angels_ and "Hardfought."  I found it more annoying
> > than endearing...there are authors who can *do* things like that and
> > it's enchanting, but....
>
> No, no.  Bear is nowise to be blamed for either the Ander-Saxonisms
> or the Latinisms left behind.  It was I and no other who overcarried
> (most of) the work into Ander-Saxon; Bear wrote plain Modern English.
<puzzled look>  I see.  I was confused because I got what looked like the
exact same message, Ander-Saxonisms/Latinisms included (Ander?),
ostensibly from Greg Bear, in my emailbox, along with some notices to the
same effect from the SFWA.  So when I saw the message on conlang as well,
I assumed it was Bear's.  Or perhaps I misread the subject line?  But I
remember being puzzled at getting a message from Greg Bear until I
remembered my contact info was in the SFWA directory, etc.  Strangeness.

YHL