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From: donn@utah-gr.UUCP (Donn Seeley)
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Subject: Re: The Faces of Science Fiction
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Date: Wed, 15-May-85 15:04:50 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 15 15:04:50 1985
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I, too, recently got a copy of THE FACES OF SCIENCE FICTION by Patti
Perret ($11.95, Bluejay Books, c1984), and I'll gladly second Tom
Crawford's recommendation.  It's true that not every one of your
favorite writers will be included in the collection, but Perret managed
to find most of mine, including Gene Wolfe (who also wrote the
introduction), Kate Wilhelm & Damon Knight, R A Lafferty, Theodore
Sturgeon, Roger Zelazny, Alice Sheldon (aka James Tiptree, Jr.), George
Alec Effinger, Tom Disch and many others.  Notable omissions are Robert
A Heinlein, Robert Sheckley, Jack Vance, Harlan Ellison, and Stephen
King in the U S, and almost no one from across the pond appears to have
been represented -- no photos of Clarke, Brunner, Aldiss, Priest,
Ballard, etc.  Many of the pictures are amazingly good and all are
competent; and many of the authors' notes are a joy to read.

Don't miss Disch's 'Ode to a Toaster',

Donn Seeley    University of Utah CS Dept    donn@utah-cs.arpa
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