turner%Shasta@druid.UUCP (01/16/84)
+---------+ Date: Sun 15-JAN-1984 19:19
| digital | I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O From: Jim Turner
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To: SF (_RHEA::DECWRL::"SF-Lovers@Rutgers.ARPA")
Subject: Reply v9: 7 & 8
Cats: In the "Children" anthology in the anniversary series of Analog
anthologies, there is a story about a girl in communication with a telepathic
race of native aliens possessing such power to blend in with their
surroundings that human scientists think they are extinct. Can't give you
title, chapter, or verse, but the aliens are unmistakeably feline.
Movies: wasn't "Day of the Triffids" fun? Unalloyed corn, to be sure. "2001"
remains undisputed master in my book: it doesn't matter what the technology
available, knowing what to do with it (=talent) makes the real difference. On
re-viewing a few years ago, "Forbidden Planet" seemed to have punk FX compared
to my childhood memories, but a more respectable thesis than I had remembered.betsy@dartvax.UUCP (01/17/84)
Cats: In the "Children" anthology in the anniversary series of Analog anthologies, there is a story about a girl in communication with a telepathic race of native aliens possessing such power to blend in with their title, chapter, or verse, but the aliens are unmistakeably feline. It sounds very much like the novel 'The Universe Against Her' by James H. Schmitz. The heroine is Telzey Amberdon, a telepath herself. A fascinating young lady, and unusually self-reliant and smart for a heroine written in 1964. Schmitz was very good at creating believable strong women. I wish he were still writing... has anybody heard of him recently? (N.B. There are several other stories and novels about Telzey, and Schmitz is, of course the author of 'The Witches of Karres'. I'm looking for more recent books.) -- Betsy Perry decvax!dartvax!betsy
kcarroll@utzoo.UUCP (Kieran A. Carroll) (01/20/84)
* Sadly, I beleive that James H. Schmitz is dead. I vaguely remember reading his obituary in one of my back-issues of Analog, some years ago. I'm not sure, but I think that he died while Campbell was still editor. There'll never be any stories about the Hub again, more's the pity. -Kieran A. Carroll ...decvax!utzoo!kcarroll