On Nov 28, 2003, at 2:06 PM, RARA-AVIS Digest wrote:
> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 15:57:00 -0500
> From: "Joy Matkowski" <
jmatkowski1@comcast.net>
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: hardboiled science
fiction
>
> That sounds good to me, miker. I don't like science
fiction because
> it's so
> unrealistic, but I haven't read more than a tiny bit
because I don't
> like
> it.
> I didn't like British mysteries because I didn't
know there was
> anything
> beyond that posh stuff, featuring people with no
visible means of
> support
> and their lackeys, until we had BritNoir month,
which opened my eyes
> (and
> wallet).
> Maybe an HBSF month--in January, when I plan to have
lots of gift
> certificates?--can do the same. Would anybody
knowledgeable like to
> volunteer?
>
> Joy
>
> Michael Robison wrote:
>> We really should have a hardboiled/noir
science
>> fiction month. I've read very little of Ray
Bradbury.
>> I think I'd dig into his stuff that month. Plus
that
>> Tim Powers novel I've got.
>>
Joy, our tastes intersect again. As a great fan of Larry
Niven's Gil
"the Arm" Hamilton stories (most of them collected in
FLATLANDER), I'm all for this. I'd love to hear about similar
material. If anyone would like to get a head start with the
Niven, I hear there are a couple of additional Hamilton
stories on Niven's ebook site...
Karen
********************* Karen G. Anderson Contributing Editor
January Magazine http://www.januarymagazine.com
email:
karenand@mac.com
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