tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post6483627218260143698..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Friday's "Forgotten" Books: GOLDBRICK by Edward Wellen (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, November 1978)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-5481942950619936002021-01-06T23:09:12.967-05:002021-01-06T23:09:12.967-05:00Because he can.Because he can.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10391190640279481533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-29676167924336847002009-12-03T12:55:45.491-05:002009-12-03T12:55:45.491-05:00You're welcome. Any reason you're posting ...You're welcome. Any reason you're posting this in Hebrew on an English-language blog?Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-29978303777674786722009-11-30T08:35:38.863-05:002009-11-30T08:35:38.863-05:00Also, David--Mendelsohn hasn't published much,...Also, David--Mendelsohn hasn't published much, if any, other fiction I've seen, but "Little Goethe" is a fine one-shot (a genuinely good treatment of the superannuated baby trope that has been the subject of so many bad movies); and Jack Dann has been resident for a decade or so at least a bit farther down the road, in Australia (he's edited an antho or so collecting Australian work).Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-81549175349814859402009-11-30T06:46:13.179-05:002009-11-30T06:46:13.179-05:00Bill--it was an excellent issue, even if the Hochi...Bill--it was an excellent issue, even if the Hochi translation was a bit stiff, as I recall, and Robert F. Young's last stories are not the ones he'd want to be remembered by, I think. <br /><br />A quick glance suggests Wellen had a good year in GALAXY magazine in 1953, with several short stories...perhaps that's what you recall? That does seem to be some of his earliest work. I first became aware of him through his crime fiction, often vignettes in ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE that rarely tended to be as merely cute as others' vignettes there might be.<br /><br />Evan--It is a striking cover, somehow even better in the reality than in photo. I wonder how the painting looks. <br /><br />David--Well, aside from Shinichi Hoshi, still not a name to conjure with in US sf (as opposed to Japanese...where the most reliable magazine, HAYAKAWA'S, is celebrating a big round-number anniversary), the folks in this issue were all good-sized wheels at one point or another, though Charles De Vet, having like Robert Young a bit of a renaissance in 1978, also like Young never broke out beyond the "sometimes interesting solidly professional" status in most folks' assessment. <br /><br />These days, Jane Yolen is almost as famous as Isaac Asimov, and with kids, I supect she's moreso. Baird Searles reviewed films and tv and similar things for F&SF for a decade, while co-owning and running the Science Fiction Shop in NYC; he took offense at the first fan letter I ever sent anyone (well, he was overly touchy, but had a point). He briefly reviewed books for ASIMOV'S, after that, and Harlan Ellison became the next film, etc., reviewer for F&SF. Gahan Wilson contributed a cartoon for a decade and a half to every F&SF, and Algis Budrys is eulogized on this blog.<br /><br />Kate--F&SF had an interesting mix of rather bad covers (usually about one or two a year in its monthly run) and any number of brilliant ones...the September and October covers for this year were also memorable, and the Emshwiller cover (his first in years) for Thomas Disch's ON WINGS OF SONG (also reviewed below on this blog) was also memorable.<br /><br />Wellen was certainly too good to be forgotten, in the best tradition of this running exercise.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-8462711090704633892009-11-28T20:11:45.736-05:002009-11-28T20:11:45.736-05:00Considering the year, the cover is surprisingly ef...Considering the year, the cover is surprisingly effective. I don't think I know Wellen at all.C. Margery Kempehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910282257993793334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-20783599179203147452009-11-27T23:29:14.084-05:002009-11-27T23:29:14.084-05:00I never knew of this issue and a few of the contri...I never knew of this issue and a few of the contributors are also new to me. <br /><br />Being a fellow New Yorker,I'm very familiar with Mr. Dann. As a matter of fact, he lived in Binghamton, NY which is only about 45 minutes from my old stomping ground.David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-15432944566180934902009-11-27T19:33:28.841-05:002009-11-27T19:33:28.841-05:00Interesting stuff! And I remember seeing this cove...Interesting stuff! And I remember seeing this cover.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-59389272894044060442009-11-27T13:42:05.033-05:002009-11-27T13:42:05.033-05:00Looks like an excellent issue, overall.
I seem to...Looks like an excellent issue, overall.<br /><br />I seem to remember that Wellen entered the SF field with a splash, having a couple of stories in the same issue of a digest, maybe INFINITY. Or maybe my memory is completely wrong.mybillcriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com