tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post7223436559865572882..comments2024-03-08T17:55:48.308-05:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Links to Today's Friday's "Forgotten" BooksTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-78795662378648201532010-11-07T16:03:06.924-05:002010-11-07T16:03:06.924-05:00It's almost a pity that the subsequent Barbara...It's almost a pity that the subsequent Barbara Holloway novels have been relatively straightforward, if good, by me...and while I have a copy of THE HAMLET TRAP and at least one other in the Meiklejohn and Leidl series, I haven't read them yet. I'm still in the all-plus column with Wilhelm's novels...if anything, WHEN LATE THE SWEET BIRDS SANG seems like one of the lesser titles in her bibliography to me, as groundbreaking (with Pamela Sargent's work) as it in exploring certain questions. I'm inclined to agree with you about "The Funeral" taking pride of place in a good lot in A, DV (the late Ms. Lee Hoffman's "Silent Evening" will kick you in the head, too)...even her first sf novel, THE CLONE (1963, iirc) with Ted Thomas (radically expanding his shorter work), might well surprise you.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-33288115352015916422010-11-06T00:58:54.118-04:002010-11-06T00:58:54.118-04:00Death Qualified has the most "What the hell w...<i>Death Qualified</i> has the most "What the hell was that?" ending of any book I can remember; I loved it but I can see how anyone looking for a straight mystery might not. It also introduced me to the subject of fractals, which I don't think I had ever heard of before. I haven't read all that many of Wilhelm's novels and some I don't like (pretty much all the Charlie Meiklejohn and Constance Leidl books except <i>The Hamlet Trap</i>); others I like a lot. Like Knight, she is a fine short-story writer. I think her story "The Funeral" was the best entry in <i>Again, Dangerous Visions</i>, although there is some formidable competition there.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745665231586422220noreply@blogger.com