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   Robert Woodward to James Nicoll   
   Re: (Worst) The Eye of Argon by Jim Thei   
   21 Oct 25 10:12:54   
   
   From: robertaw@drizzle.com   
      
   In article <10d8022$8oj$1@reader2.panix.com>,   
    jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:   
      
   > The Eye of Argon by Jim Theis   
   >   
   > The story that began the grand tradition of picking on a teenager's work.   
   >   
   > https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/all-summer-in-a-day   
      
   IIRC, Patricia Wrede pointed out that Jim Theis at 16 was writing in   
   tight 3rd person correctly, which she couldn't do in _Shadow Magic_   
   (which she had written in her late 20s).   
      
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