> >But with Aldiss and Ballard, aren't we close to talking New Wave here?
> >Moorcock, Disch, all the whole _New Worlds_ crew?
> >
> And why not, Robin? Great stuff, almost all... Aldiss has seldom
> disappointed, & I confess the ballard I enjoyed the most was Vermillion
> Sands, but some of his later work in SF was terrifically sardonic...
> Moorcock has written some amazing stuff, among so much...
Sure, Douglas, not knocking it -- I cut some of my teeth on _New Worlds_
(and now, as senility sets in, I've managed to forget the editor's name).
But for me it's a case of the earlier the better with most. Ballard's
_Drowned World_ e.g. (though I'd agree on _Vermilion Sands_), Moorcock's
_Blood Red Game_ before the oh, so tedious Elric, etc.
And the in-group games-playing around Jerry Cornelius ...
Interesting how many of them wrote well when they published in Ace Doubles,
but became oh-so-pretentious when they were taken up by Gollancz.
> And then there are a lot of recent writers, such as, say, Gwynneth Jones,
> Iain Banks, eg, who demonstrate the continuing maturing of the field...
Banks I like a lot (oddly, I only like his SF work, while my son only likes
his non-SF). Gwynneth Jones I haven't come across.
How about (to mention yet +another+ name) Brian Stapleford? Particularly
The Vampires of London (have I got this right or conflated two titles?)
series.
Robin
PS -- and the "Where is he now?" Charles L. Harness of _The Paradox Men_ --
he's still writing, and gets better, though it's damn near impossible to get
the later books. At least, in England.
Ro2
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