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From: das@ucla-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Canons
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Date: Tue, 4-Sep-84 17:24:10 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep  4 17:24:10 1984
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     Let me clarify my question about whether Sherlock Holmes inspired the
first Canon.  I'm talking about works which the fans KNOW are fictional, but
which they pretend is real when they pursue their hobby.  This is meant to
exclude mythology and/including (depending on your beliefs) the Bible,
which are/were either believed to be true or studied for cultural, historical,
or literary reasons, but without a pretense that the stories really happened
as described.

-- David Smallberg, das@ucla-cs.ARPA, {ihnp4,ucbvax}!ucla-cs!das