Science Fiction Omnibus
edited by
Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty
(Garden City Books, 1952)
by Robert Brown
Introduction
Everett F. (Franklin) Bleiler (1920-2010 ) and T. E. (Thaddeus Maxim Eugene) Dikty (1920-1991) were pioneers. For almost a decade (1949-1958) their The Best Science Fiction Stories annual collections paved the way for many more to come, and several aspects of their format are still in use today, more than sixty years later.
Read More...The Mysterious Traveler aired from 1943-1952, and while immensely popular was forced off the air due to accusations during the McCarthy era that the Radio Guild was a “Communist front organization.” The Mysterious Traveler was but one of several casualties of these accusations. Regular listeners know the whole story of this popular radio show, including …
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Edited by Steven B. Ramey
(Parsec Ink, July 2012)
Strange Horizons, September 3rd & 10th, 2012
“The Grinnell Method” (Part 1 & 2) by Molly Gloss
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Analog, October 2012
Our most recent Exploring Tomorrow episode (Poul Anderson’s “Genius”) proved so popular (no doubt due to being able to hear the actual voice of John W. Campbell) we thought we’d showcase another this week. John W. Campbell, Jr. hosts and offers commentary as usual, and the story is Raymond E. Banks’ “The Happiness Effect” from …
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“About Something Truly Wonderful”There must be something truly wonderful about science fiction. Not even the wide, vast, and occasionally weedy “mainstream” of general literature supports such a proportionate number of people publicly concerned with where it has been, where it is going, and where it should go in preference. In the light of the currently prevailing critical opinion no other field finds itself so persistently measured by its present inability to resemble another.
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