In between her work on those, she also found the time to revise one of her pieces from December, 1952.Īllowing for the fact that it’s a reprint, Daughters of Earth is a cracker in that it takes a lot of old-fashioned science fiction ideas but gives them a modern, different twist. Judith Merril is currently writing reviews for the Magazine of Fantasy & SF and editing The Year’s Best SF anthology. It is unsurprisingly positive and embraces the change that we’ve seen in recent years. Editors Moorcock, Harrison and Bonfiglioli have all covered this in various issues in the past few years, and this isn’t really anything new. Though it is well written, it’s another editorial discussing the future of science fiction. Delany, who I know is making quite an impact in the US with his novels ( Babel 17, amongst others). It is less but is it a case of “less means more”? Let’s go to the issue!Įditor Mike Moorcock is clearly busy this month, and as a result we have a Guest Editorial from the much-plaudit-ed Samuel R. The deal made with the Arts Council last month means that I was guaranteed this issue, which I understand will be the last in this paperback format. So I’m now having to get used to receiving just one issue of the British magazines a month.
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