| FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: LETTERS (by author) |
| Author |
Issue Date |
Comments |
| Vonnegut, Kurt Jr |
1975 APR |
tongue-in-cheek criticism of "Venus on the Half-Shell" by Kilgore Trout, in 1974-75 DEC-JAN |
| Wade, James |
1964 FEB |
Seoul, Korea; more reprints of traditional fantasy |
| Walrafen, Verne R. |
1981 SEP |
Ozawkie, KS; praise for Neal Barrett Jr's "A Day at the Fair" in 1981 MAR; Ferman replies that Barrett is working on a sequel to this story |
| Warren, George |
1976 AUG |
response to Ellison letter(#75) & Malzberg article; praise for Budrys review in 1976 MAY, perhaps Ellison & Malzberg(from 1976 APR), "might read Budrys's piece & think on it a bit" |
| Weeks, M. |
1980 JUL |
criticism of Hilbert Schenck's "Buoyant Ascent" in 1980 MAR; "Mr. Schenck is so well informed, so verbally provocative, so able to deal with suspense & pathos, so why the hell does he have to screw it up with shithouse lingo?" |
| Wegst, Walter F. PhD |
1983 DEC |
Director, Research & Occupational Safety, UCLA; criticism for the Richard Mueller story "Cenotaph" in 1983 JUN; "I am surprised & disappointed that a reputable sf publication would publish such trash" |
| Wehrle, John |
1976 AUG |
response to Ellison letter(#75) & Malzberg article in 1976 APR; "F&SF is the only viable medium left for creative short fiction ... you are in the mainstream" |
| Weimer, C. Brian |
1982 JAN |
Bouckville, NY; criticism of Baird Searles mr/tvr of movie "Excalibur" in 1981 SEP; complaint that Searles "... ignored many of the fine things ... in order to capitalize on its far fewer weak points ..." |
| Wellman, Manly W. |
1976 JAN |
reply by Manly & his son/collaborator Wade to letters in 1975 SEP which challenged the argument that Sherlock Holmes and his landlady Martha Hudson were lovers |
| Whiteside, John M. |
1983 DEC |
strong criticism of FitzGerald story "The Vengeance of Nora O'Donnell" in 1983 APR; "In reading the story, one might be led to believe that the Irish people support the IRA ... (they) are not the saviors of Ireland, they are butchers" |
| Whitlock, Dan |
1981 MAY |
Modesto, CA; legal mistake in Harlan Ellison's "All the Lies That Are My Life" in 1980 NOV |
| Wolf, Eric C. |
1977 JAN |
complaints on female lead characterizations in stories, "A Stillness at Sordera" by Thayer Waldo in 1976 MAR, & "He" by Alan Dean Foster in 1976 JUN |
| Wright, Ross |
1963 AUG |
Berkeley, CA; love |
| Yermakov, Nicholas |
1982 MAY |
Merrick, NY; criticism of John Clute br in 1982 FEB of his novel Journey from Flesh; "Clute claims to see cynical commercial ambition lurking between the lines of my novel ..." |
| Zebrowski, George |
1977 JUL |
criticism of Algis Budrys br in 1977 MAR, concerning his review of John W. Campbell Jr's book The Space Beyond, & the afterword in the book by Zebrowski |
| Zelaya, Al |
1990 AUG |
Morristown, NJ; response to Asimov,s science essay in 1990 MAY; "if certain candidates had some of the fire, commitment & calm reasoned smarts that you show in that essay, the Democratic party would not be in the trouble it's in" |
| Zicree, Marc Scott |
1981 SEP |
Los Angeles, CA; the Special Marc Scott Zicree Issue of 1983 AUG |
| Zipperer, John |
1983 FEB |
Manitowoc, WI; response to Gottlieb letter in 1982 SEP; a 14-year old who loves to read, instead of playing Pac Man; "I would give anything to have a bookstore such as A Change of Hobbitt in my city" |
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