| FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: LETTERS (by author) |
| Author |
Issue Date |
Comments |
| Richardson, Dorcas |
1983 FEB |
Aberdeen, WA; response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP; get youth hooked onto books & reading by giving books as gifts |
| Roach, David L. |
1979 MAR |
as a member of the Coast Guard Nantucket Shoals Lightship Station, he says Hilbert Schenck's novelette "The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck" was "amazingly accurate" |
| Robertson, Donald F. |
1983 JUN |
Sacramento, CA; response to the letters in 1983 FEB that were written in response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP about the decline of "Homo reader"; the 'Secret' in their family was to limit TV viewing to one hour per day |
| Robillard, Douglas |
1979 JUL |
criticism of John Clute's book review in 1979 JAN, of Samuel R. Delany's The Jewel-Hinged Jaw, which "does an important book quite an injustice"; Robillard in the English Dept. of the Univ. of New Haven |
| Robles, Mrs. Thomas G. |
1964 MAY |
Chimbote, Peru; displeasure at "non-books, non-paintings, non-stories", will no longer subscribe |
| Roller, Jennie A. |
1982 JAN |
Paris, IL; criticism of Searles mr/tvr of "Excalibur" in 1981 SEP; "I didn't like (his) review of 'Excalibur'" |
| Romer, Kathy |
1983 FEB |
Winchester, MA; response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP about whether young people have stopped reading sf; Romer agrees that they have, & that "children are losing the ability to listen" |
| Royce, James P. |
1982 SEP |
Piedmont, CA; response to Skier letter in 1982 MAY concerning her criticism of the cover art for the 1981 NOV issue; "What is the peculiar neurosis that possesses certain women when they (this kind of art)?" |
| Runyon, Charles W. |
1975 SEP |
his views on Joanna Russ's book review, in 1975 APR, concerning Cliffs Notes |
| Russ, Joanna |
1979 JUL |
will reply to reader's criticisms in an essay, "In Defense of Criticism," which will be pub. in her book review column in the 1979 NOV issue |
| Russell, M. |
1981 JAN |
Los Angeles, CA; praise for Bob Leman's "Feesters in the Lake" in 1980 OCT |
| Sandberg, Robert W. |
1990 AUG |
Appleton, WI; response to Asimov's science essay in 1990 MAY; "disturbed" after reading the essay, Asimov "seems to be advocating a Communistic society"; believes the final straw that will collapse our society is overpopulation |
| Savatiel, Angela |
1983 FEB |
Louisville, KY; response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP; a 14-year old who reads sf; "I have tried to like the literature written for teenagers & have found it sadly lacking ... once you've read Herbert's Dune series, Judy Blume just can't cut it!" |
| Schenck, Roy J. |
1975 SEP |
finds Joanna Russ's book review, in 1975 MAR, of Ursula K. Le Guin's novel The Dispossessed, to be "extremely obnoxious" |
| Schulenburg, Joy A. |
1980 MAR |
praise for the 30th Anniversary Issue; nitpicks on the story intro to Shirley Jackson's piece, calling her "an amateur witch"; she says, "Ain't no such animal, Mr. Ferman" |
| Schwarzenbach, Eric |
1981 SEP |
Haskell, NJ; errors by cover artists Ron Walotsky for the 1981 MAY issue, the 1980 JUN issue(David Hardy), 1980 JUL issue(David Mattingly); "To err is human but editors are not supposed to be human" |
| Schweitzer, Darrell |
1977 NOV |
criticism of Harlan Ellison article "You Don't Know Me, I Don't Know You" in 1977 JUL; "anybody who's going to be an elitist must accept both the rewards & the tribulations of being one" |
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1978 FEB |
remarks on Baird Searles review, in 1977 NOV, of the movie Star Wars; "I have to regard the film as an overwhelmingly good treatment of a very weak script" |
| Scott, David |
1963 NOV |
Chicago, IL; Ray Nelson's "Turn Off the Sky" in 1963 AUG, praise |
| Searles, Baird |
1978 FEB |
reply to Darrell Schweitzer letter(#105) on Star Wars |
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1978 AUG |
reply to Hruschak letter(#116) about his reviews of Space:1999, & Logan's Run |
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1983 DEC |
replies to Mallow letter(#205), as to "the origins of the concept of the Jewish-American Princess, which was defined by the talented New York Jewish group of writers in the 1950s" |
| Sheehan, Robert D. |
1963 NOV |
Brooklyn, NY; on Davidson's intro to Paul Jay Robbins' "Sweets to the Sweet" in 1963 AUG, praise |
| Sieg, Ms. Barbara L. |
1978 AUG |
anger at F&SF; "I am heartily sick of reading story after story in F&SF where not only is there no female protagonist but no seriously treated female character at all" |
| Simonds, Alan |
1963 AUG |
Alexandria, VA; editorial subjects, sf & f not politics |
| Simpson, Angie |
1983 FEB |
College Station, TX; response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP; an 18-year old sf reader says lack of reading all too common; "sf is probably the driving force behind the small percentage of youth who do read regularly" |
| Skier, Cynthia |
1982 MAY |
Cambridge, MA; annoyance, criticism of the cover art for the 1981 NOV issue, "another semi-clad female" who didn't bear "any resemblance to the heroine in 'Talisman'" |
| Slusser, George |
1983 JUN |
UC Riverside; response to Budrys review of his book Bridges to Fantasy in 1983 JAN; "The book is an excuse for a general attack on academics who teach & write about sf and fantasy" |
| Smith, Ben |
1981 SEP |
Kevil, KY; praise for F&SF, "you have the competition beat by a country mile"; not fond of Stephen King's Gunslinger series; Christopher Priest "somewhat envious" br of Barry Longyear's City of Baraboo, in 1981 MAY |
| Sneary, Rick |
1963 AUG |
South Gate, CA; Zangwill's "Satan Mekatrig" in 1963 FEB, mixed feelings |
| Somers, Jonathan Swift III |
1975 SEP |
concerning his story "A Scarletin Study" in 1975 MAR, F&SF's "printer seems to be out of umlauts"; Somers is a ps. for Philip José Farmer; editor replies briefly |
| Squires, Conrad |
1964 MAY |
Brooklyn, NY; what Zenna Henderson's The People feel |
| Sterling, Bruce |
1990 AUG |
Austin, TX; response to Asimov's science essay in 1990 MAY, "Just Say 'No'?"; "I'm in rough agreement with the line of his argument"; "if there's any blame ... for the patent decline of our nation, it clearly belongs to the rich & powerful" |
| Sussman, H.G. |
1976 JAN |
criticism of the book reviewers, in particular of John Clute in 1975 OCT; critiques "should be from the point of view of a reader, not an academic grading a student's submittal" |
| Swanson, Veronica |
1983 FEB |
Royal Center, IN; response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP; "S.F. & fantasy books are alive and well in the little town of Royal Center, IN. I hope I speak for a lot of other little towns across this nation, too" |
| Taviss, Michael |
1983 FEB |
Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada; response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP; blames the lack of reading on "the outrageous prices now decorating the paperback shelves of stores ..." |
| Taylor, John W. |
1983 DEC |
from a linguist & professor of English, praise for the 1983 MAR issue, especially the Reaves story "The Tearing of Greymare House" & the Robinson story "Black Air" |
| Taylor, M.M. |
1964 NOV |
Toronto, Ontario, Canada; a set of papers about the Wizard was pub. in The Nautical Magazine, in 1934(in regards to Avram Davidson's editorial in 1964 JUN) |
| Taylor, Richard |
1976 AUG |
response to Ellison letter(#75) & Malzberg article in 1976 APR; "Malzberg desires to be a member of the literary elite ... being a member ... will not cause (his) work to improve" |
| Thomas, Pascal |
1982 MAY |
Paris, France; criticism of Baird Searles mr/tvr of "Heavy Metal" in 1982 JAN; says Searles "knows very little" of French SF; "what little (has) been translated is certainly not the best ... of the field" |
| Thurmond, John T. |
1979 MAR |
"a scum of nitpicking" on the Cretaceous Period flora & fauna in Sterling Lanier's cover story "The Syndicated Time" & Ron Walotsky's cover art in the 1978 JUL issue |
| Tidmarsh, A. |
1981 SEP |
Peterborough, U.K.; concerning Thomas M. Disch remarks about a 'Labor Day Group' of sf writers in his br in 1981 FEB; Ferman replies that a response to Disch's br is coming up by George R.R. Martin(in F&SF 1981 DEC) |
| Toll, Gertrude |
1978 FEB |
praise for 1977 SEP issue; believes she may be, at age 82, F&SF's older reader |
| Trout, Kilgore |
1975 APR |
tongue-in-cheek reply to Vonnegut letter on his story "Venus on the Half-Shell" in 1974-75 DEC-JAN; Trout is a ps. for Philip José Farmer |
| Tucker, David |
1982 SEP |
Alexandria, VA; criticism of George C. Chesbro story "Poems to Play in the Piccolo" in 1982 MAY; the word "thee" is used incorrectly in the story |
| Tucker, James |
1980 MAR |
praise for the 30th Anniversary Issue(1979 OCT); asks "What authors have most often pub. fiction in F&SF?"; A: Avram Davidson, 45; Poul Anderson, 44; Ron Goulart, 43; Robert F. Young, 38; Miriam Allen deFord, 31 |
| Uhlenbrock, Bryan |
1977 NOV |
affronted by Harlan Ellison article "You Don't Know Me, I Don't Know You" in 1977 JUL; "when Harlan began his scathing attacks on the turkeys of fandom, he lost my sympathy" |
| Van den Broek, Willem |
1968 MAY |
Ann Arbor, MI; comments on Judith Merril's book review in 1967 SEP; reviews Damon Knight's book In Search of Wonder, & Kenneth Kenniston's book The Uncommitted |
| Vennema, Peter H. |
1990 AUG |
Lafayette Hill, PA; response to Asimov's science essay in 1990 MAY; "Phooie!"; "the failure of Liberals ... Liberal law has helped make our cities dangerous & unlivable ... Liberal welfare has created a permanent underclass ..." |
| von Toal, Prof. Paul |
1964 MAY |
Thiel College, Greenville, PA; praise for Zenna Henderson in 1963 OCT, Philip Winsor, Roger Zelazny in 1963 NOV, & Damon Knight in 1963 DEC-JAN |
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