psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (05/01/85)
< Smokey the Bar says, "Stamp out software pirates" [squish!] >
SF has some good novelists. It also has some good short story writers.
Zelazny falls into the first category, and also the second.
The title story is very good (and won a Hugo). You can say the same
for "Home is the Hangman", which takes up a quarter of the book. Some of
the other stories are only good, except for the stories which are essays (or
a foreword or afterword), which are also good. The stories that are only
fair, Zelazny has collected in a corner of his desk, or his trash can. They
aren't here.
If I need to spell out to you that there isn't a single bad story in
the bunch, and that I recommend the book, you may not be observant enough to
enjoy it. Pity.
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-Paul S. R. Chisholm
...!{pegasus,vax135}!lzwi!psc The above opinions are my own,
...!{hocsj,ihnp4}!lznv!psc not necessarily anyone else's,
...!{pegasus,cbosgd}!lzmi!psc including my employer's.brust@hyper.UUCP (Steven Brust) (05/03/85)
> > If I need to spell out to you that there isn't a single bad story in > the bunch, and that I recommend the book, you may not be observant enough to > enjoy it. Pity. > -- > -Paul S. R. Chisholm > ...!{pegasus,vax135}!lzwi!psc The above opinions are my own, > ...!{hocsj,ihnp4}!lznv!psc not necessarily anyone else's, > ...!{pegasus,cbosgd}!lzmi!psc including my employer's. It comes as no surprise that I agree with you. I would also like to point out, however, that in between the stories he makes comments on writing, and what he learned, and how to do it, etc. This is also true of his previous collection, THE LAST DEFENDER OF CAMALOT. For anyone with an interest in writing, fiction writing in particular, these two books are a must. -- SKZB