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Science Fiction

Fortinbras Armstrong

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8. I heard him give a talk on the state of SF in 1965 or 66.

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Tue Sep 3, 2013, 07:03 AM

Sep 2013

Very tall and slender, bad teeth, excellent speaker. The thing I particularly recall of the speech was that the manuscript of Samuel R. Delaney's Babel-17 had just landed on his desk, and he was praising Delaney to the skies.

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Frederik Pohl has died [View all] DavidDvorkin Sep 2013 OP

Wow ... the last of the giants of old. RIP, Mr. Pohl. What an extraordinary life. eppur_se_muova Sep 2013 #1

A little more here intaglio Sep 2013 #2

"Gateway" bmbmd Sep 2013 #3

Brought many a sci-fi fan hours of enjoyment. BlueJazz Sep 2013 #4

Damn. He was blogging right up to this morning, too. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #5

Off to his own Hee-Chee Rendevous getting old in mke Sep 2013 #6

I met him several times. SheilaT Sep 2013 #7

I heard him give a talk on the state of SF in 1965 or 66. Fortinbras Armstrong Sep 2013 #8

Nice anecdote, thank you for sharing it Babel_17 Sep 2013 #9