Joachim Boaz"Loneliness is the great curse that hangs over a writer."
Philip K. Dick in "Will the Atomic Bomb Ever Be Perfected, and if so, What Becomes of Robert Heinlein?" in Lighthouse (Oct. 1966).
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Marta Randall was also the first female president of SFWA!
My review of Randall's intriguing work of anthropological SF A City in the North (1976) https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2019/01/27/book-review-a-city-in-the-north-marta-randall-1976/
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I am not a van Vogt fan. However, there are a few worthwhile short stories -- his generation ship tale “Centaurus II” (1947) comes to mind: https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2020/01/19/generation-ship-short-story-review-a-e-van-vogts-centaurus-ii-1947/
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Generation Ship Short Story Review: A. E. van Vogt’s “Centaurus II” (1947)
Preliminary note: This is the sixth post in a series of vintage generation ship short fiction reviews. All of the stories I’ll review are available online (see links below). You are welcome to read…
I reviewed Platt's Garbage World (serialized 1966) -- no fan. However, The Twilight of the City (variant title: The City Dwellers) (1970) was great. Unfortunately, never managed to review it. https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2015/08/18/book-review-garbage-world-charles-platt-serialized-1966/
My review of Marta Randall's Nebula nominated Islands (1976): https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2014/02/15/book-review-islands-marta-randall-1976/
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Marta Randall (1948-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?941
L, Chris Moore, 1979; R, Vincent Di Fate, 1976
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DhalgrenWalking toward the living room, he envisioned her leaping from the door, to bite and rake his back. The doors stayed closed. There was no sound. And he didn't want to go back to the living room.
Charles Platt (1945-) was born on this day. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?293
L, Doug Beekman, 1977; R, Tony Roberts, 1978
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Czech author and artist Luděk Pešek (1919-1999) was born on this day. Wrote two SF novels in Czech. They were published in German before receiving English translations. Bibliography: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?27705
L, Charles Lilly, 1975; R, Jane R. Wattenberg, 1980
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