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  • RIP: Barry N. Malzberg

    From Christian Weisgerber@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 21 14:30:30 2024
    Wikipedia:
    Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (July 24, 1939 – December 19, 2024) was
    an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and
    fantasy.

    I recognize the name, but I don't recall ever reading anything by
    him.

    --
    Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de

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  • From Ted Nolan @21:1/5 to naddy@mips.inka.de on Sat Dec 21 19:00:55 2024
    In article <slrnvmdk86.2m42.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
    Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
    Wikipedia:
    Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (July 24, 1939 – December 19, 2024) was
    an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and
    fantasy.

    I recognize the name, but I don't recall ever reading anything by
    him.


    Very New Wave. What I read of his I really did not like. In
    particular his "novel" _Galaxies_ was packaged (perhaps not by him)
    as a space adventure when in fact it was a meta-novel set of notes
    about writing a space adventure. 14 year old me was very non-plussed.

    None of which is a personal criticism. I'm sure he was a nice guy,
    and I enjoyed his defense of A. E. Van Vogt.

    RIP
    --
    columbiaclosings.com
    What's not in Columbia anymore..

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  • From Bobbie Sellers@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 21 16:35:18 2024
    On 12/21/24 11:00, Ted Nolan <tednolan> wrote:
    In article <slrnvmdk86.2m42.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
    Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
    Wikipedia:
    Barry Nathaniel Malzberg (July 24, 1939 – December 19, 2024) was
    an American writer and editor, most often of science fiction and
    fantasy.

    I recognize the name, but I don't recall ever reading anything by
    him.


    Very New Wave. What I read of his I really did not like. In
    particular his "novel" _Galaxies_ was packaged (perhaps not by him)
    as a space adventure when in fact it was a meta-novel set of notes
    about writing a space adventure. 14 year old me was very non-plussed.

    None of which is a personal criticism. I'm sure he was a nice guy,
    and I enjoyed his defense of A. E. Van Vogt.

    RIP

    I remember reading stories under his byline years ago when i was
    much younger. I recognised the name from those readings quite a while
    back.
    bliss

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