tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post4928536142394929713..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Friday's Forgotten Books: TEENSPELL edited by Betty M. Owen (Scholastic Book Services 1971); BENCHMARKS REVISITED by Algis Budrys (Ansible Editions 2013); Damon Knight issue, F&SF, November 1976Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-42092361408090649102016-02-01T03:37:00.370-05:002016-02-01T03:37:00.370-05:00From FaceBook:
Gregory Feeley:
I remember thinking...From FaceBook:<br />Gregory Feeley:<br />I remember thinking that Damon's story, "I See You," was much better than the short stories that won the Nebula and the Hugo that year.<br /><br />Todd Mason:<br /> Nebula--didn't make the final ballot, insanely: <br />"Back to the Stone Age" by Jake Saunders<br />"Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep" by Thomas F. Monteleone<br />"A Crowd of Shadows" by C. L. Grant (***winner)<br />"Mary Margaret Road-Grader" by Howard Waldrop<br />"Stone Circle" by Lisa Tuttle<br />"Tricentennial" by Joe Haldeman<br /><br />Hugo: on the ballot, at least: Best Short Story:<br />“Tricentennial” by Joe Haldeman [Analog Jul 1976] (***winner)<br />“A Crowd of Shadows” by C. L. Grant [F&SF Jun 1976]<br />“I See You” by Damon Knight [F&SF Nov 1976]<br />“Custom Fitting” by James White [Stellar #2, 1976]Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-1841024181988423422016-02-01T02:27:40.569-05:002016-02-01T02:27:40.569-05:00Well, tendencies will tend to out early, and some ...Well, tendencies will tend to out early, and some will be channeled thus, particularly by a proud teacher, perhaps looking for an attaTeach and almost always just looking for a win-win. I'm most impressed, to some extent, by those who were at least striving or effectively dabbling in arts rather different from the ones they made their career in. Brakhage never made a film with a narrative, as far as I know...even though he was as much critical theorist as filmmaker per se...and Alan Arkin wrote not only scripts and improvised sketches at Second City, but wrote short stories for GALAXY, at least. Apparently, John Updike's ambition as a teen was to be a cartoonist (and in the worst sense, in some of his fiction, he unfortunately succeeded). Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-32384924920070212192016-01-31T12:23:43.370-05:002016-01-31T12:23:43.370-05:00Neat to see the names of some of the writers recog...Neat to see the names of some of the writers recognized in their youth. No wonder they're good at what they do—they've pretty much ALWAYS been doing it.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-83208182384043267182016-01-31T08:38:46.983-05:002016-01-31T08:38:46.983-05:00Well...I'd say my take on Budrys is that he wa...Well...I'd say my take on Budrys is that he was a genius who made a bit of a deal with the unsavory...which, unfortunately, most of us do to one extent or another, to do (in his case here) something worthwhile with the money they were going to spend anyway. I've certainly worked for either Rupert Murdoch or K-Mart for too much of my career (even if only a year or so of K at Borders.) The tendency now is to minimize his work all too much because of the association with Writers of the Future...certainly in the UK, where the Bridge Publications folks were so obstreperous in their dealings with the SF community. He also bought my first story, in a magazine he founded and ran on money he'd been paid for his effort, TOMORROW...and a pretty good magazine it was. My story was in the same issue as Harlan Ellison's...somebody who was willing to set aside his grievance with Budrys for that purpose...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-35640439692594919452016-01-31T04:54:24.761-05:002016-01-31T04:54:24.761-05:00Fascinated to read about some of the famous winner...Fascinated to read about some of the famous winners - and thanks for taking shall we say an askew look at Budrys, very welcome indeed. Thanks as ever Todd.Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)http://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-51276290398103867492016-01-30T22:18:13.824-05:002016-01-30T22:18:13.824-05:00I find that less surprising, particularly given th...I find that less surprising, particularly given the fiction that's in TEENSPELL, than some of the media some of the others were cited for...Updike won for a cartoon ...King achieved fourth place in his year, with "Man of Straw"; not a story he's allowed to be reprinted, apparently. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-68199376343458742492016-01-30T16:47:04.723-05:002016-01-30T16:47:04.723-05:00Stephen King won a Scholastic Writing award?? **ga...Stephen King won a Scholastic Writing award?? **gasp**Mathew Pausthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157135006791553019noreply@blogger.com