Blurbs for books. Days are we write so many of them we could just .
. . well. But it's clear we aren't the only ones who feel this way.
H. Beam Piper sold "Crossroads of Destiny" to "Fantastic
Universe Science Fiction," which published it in their July 1959
issue. "No wonder he'd been so interested in the talk of whether
our people accepted these theories!" they said of the story. We
aren't at all certain what they meant by that, but you'll probably
have a clue.
The blurb for "Hunter Patrol" ("Amazing Stories," May 1959 -- a
collaboration with John J. McGuire) is equally oblique: "Readers
who remember the Hon. Stephen Silk, diplomat extraordinary, in
"Lone Star Planet (FU," March 1957), later published as "A Planet
for Texans" (Ace Books), will find the present story a challenging
departure -- this possibility that the history we know may not be
absolute. . . ."
On the other hand, when "Dearest" appeared in "Weird Tales," in
March, 1951, the folks at that magazine blurbed it, "Many men have
dreamed of world peace, but none have been able to achieve it. If
one man did have that power, could mankind afford to pay the
price?" An interesting thought, we say. And it seems to us that
they had a lot more to say about the story than the SF mags did
(above).
On the other other hand (it makes us feel like such "Moties" to
say that), when "True: The Man's Magazine," published "Rebel
Raider" in December 1950 they said, "Jeb Stuart left John Singleton
Mosby behind Northern lines 'to look after loyal Confederate
people.' But before the war was over, Mosby did a lot more than
that. . . ." (We think they actually read the piece before they
published it, by golly!)
And on the lasthand of all, there's no evidence that anybody at
the house that published "The Science-Fictional Sherlock Holmes,"
(1960 -- another collaboration with John J. McGuire) even read "The
Return" -- they didn't say a word about it! Harrumph.
General
| Imprint: |
Aegypan
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
February 2007 |
| First published: |
February 2007 |
| Authors: |
H.Beam Piper
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
|
| Pages: |
124 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-60312-932-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
|
| LSN: |
1-60312-932-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781603129329 |
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