Robin
in the usual way getting way off topic herein:.
>
>Mind you, how +do+ you untangle Kornbluth from Pohl? (And, for me [pace
>Kingsley Amis], K was better than P.)
I was thinking of the short stories, which are his own (& recently
collected in one volume, His Share of Glory).
>
>Isn't Bester more 70s than sixties?
The great short stories appeared from the 40s through to (a couple) the
early 70s; The Demolished Man (1953) & The Stars My Destination (Tifer,
Tiger!) (1956). He did return to SF in the late 70s I believe, but the
novels he wrote then simly didn't cut it with the early ones...
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>And Sturgeon -- gimme Bradbury (help us) if you want to rot your teeth on
>saccharine.
Can't agree: Sturgeon is the better writer (read Delany on his style), &
although he could be a bit sentimental, he also took on topics Bradbury
would never touch; at his best, he was far more adult...
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>Let's hear it for cyberpunk.
Ah well: yes, I love it & the best writing that has flowered by many of
those so identified since.... But I was merely pointing to the writers I
consider among the best of that earlier time (& Bester was a major
influence on the cyberpunks)...
Doug
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