Between 1963 and the end of 1978 I read hundreds of thousands
of words
of unpublishable SF, in addition to those stories I bought
or
(1963-68) were bought by the editors to which I passed them
on. My
first act as editor of HEAVY METAL was to abolish the token
text story
which had been appearing in its pages -- in part so I
wouldn't have to
read any more submissions. I have read far too much SF
professionally; I read mysteries for pleasure.
Nonetheless, I've stayed vaguely in touch, mostly through
buddies like
Steve Brown (SF EYE), and Bill Gibson, et al. I think what's
now
being called "Slipstream" is a second-generation, from SF
writers like
those you mentioned, of what was "Magic Realism" in the
seventies:
Robbins & Co.... It's a way of bringing the Outsider's
Eye from SF
to contemporary culture. But it also blends in with pop-UFO
crap like
"The X-Files," etc., at the bottom end and in the mass
media.
In any event, I haven't read Kem Nunn, so what I have to add
to this
discussion here is, I'm afraid, miniscule. (But ask me about
agents
some time....)
--Ted White
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