I agree. Proto works have their place as part of the
foundation of the genre, but they're no longer "proto" if
they become designated as the first actual work.
On 4/20/06, Michael Robison wrote:
> I like Poe for the first detective fiction
writer,
> also. I've read some of those other offerings,
and
> "proto" is a good term for it.
-- Anthony Dauer Alexandria, Virginia
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