tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post1368799548386464187..comments2024-03-28T19:52:07.635-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: FFB: WORLDS TO COME edited by Damon Knight (Harper & Row 1967); FOURTEEN FOR NOW edited by John Simon (Harper & Row 1969)Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-43736782868460937932019-02-02T11:38:24.302-05:002019-02-02T11:38:24.302-05:00Feeley also recalls reading it when it was pretty ...Feeley also recalls reading it when it was pretty new, and loving it. <br /><br />You should definitely follow the links...the link on "Sunken Universe" confirms the combined/novella version of "Surface Tenstion" is indeed first in THE SEEDLING STARS collection, and the Budrys review link to see his assessment in passing of his own "The Edge of the Sea"...which was one of hies most widely-hailed 1950s stores. Which didn't stop INSIDE SCIENCE FICTION, in their parody issue of F&SF back when the first VENTURE was still being published, to parody "The Edge of the Sea" as part of the "house ad" for VENTURE in the "F&SF" issue...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-3011966814036808722019-02-02T11:09:35.506-05:002019-02-02T11:09:35.506-05:00I'm pretty sure I read WORLDS TO COME out of t...I'm pretty sure I read WORLDS TO COME out of the libray back in 1974 or so. Really it's a pretty good anthology. "The Edge of the Sea" is one of Budrys' best early stories, quite a remarkable piece.<br /><br />I would imagine, though I don't know, that that version of "Sunken Universe" must be as revised by Blish for THE SEEDLING STARS.Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-17542301826606870502019-02-01T10:15:08.369-05:002019-02-01T10:15:08.369-05:00I suspect Simon might well've enjoyed his litt...I suspect Simon might well've enjoyed his little joke in juxtaposing them.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-123118284199249802019-02-01T10:14:34.766-05:002019-02-01T10:14:34.766-05:00Gregory Feeley notes on Facebook: I laughed at see...Gregory Feeley notes on Facebook: I laughed at seeing the titles of the first two stories in the Simon volume together: "When the Priest is Not at Home, A Good Man is Hard to Find."Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-24712345064462638432019-02-01T08:46:09.241-05:002019-02-01T08:46:09.241-05:00I think Harper & Row was very interested in th...I think Harper & Row was very interested in the Boomer YA market--which certainly made commercial sense. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-44146285036010782692019-02-01T08:34:22.863-05:002019-02-01T08:34:22.863-05:00I actually read WORLDS TO COME when it was first p...I actually read WORLDS TO COME when it was first published and I may have a paperback edition of it around here, too. I have never seen or heard of FOURTEEN FOR NOW before your review. I am impressed the Harper & Row was so involved in SF anthologies in those days. My FFB today is another Harper & Row anthology from the early 1980s.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com