tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post9177740179051460151..comments2024-03-27T18:51:08.953-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: FORGOTTEN BOOK: THE WORLD OF SCIENCE FICTIONJerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-56024436797159975102017-03-04T16:31:12.518-08:002017-03-04T16:31:12.518-08:00I'd like to hope someone will say I "did ...I'd like to hope someone will say I "did some useful things" in my time, Todd, though I doubt that will happen. In comparison to the every day SFF reader, he did a lot.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-67736180759800719462017-03-03T17:34:43.629-08:002017-03-03T17:34:43.629-08:00Then again, the books this one was meant to sit be...Then again, the books this one was meant to sit beside were such as James Gunn's ALTERNATE WORLDS, Brian Aldiss's BILLION YEAR SPREE (later revised as TRILLION YEAR SPREE) and, to some extent, David Kyle's PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SCIENCE FICTION (though that one was more a coffee-table book, of course). Moskowitz as scholar is half-true, and a bit kind...Mike Ashley more thoroughly qualifies, among those who made a long-term project of contacting as many survivors as possible to get the story directly from them. <br /><br />Del Rey was opinionated, and had at least as many questionable assertions about the field as Gunn (who has no few), and his willingness to, well, pander (as with the SHANHARRA books) was more than a little off-putting, but he did write some notable fiction, helped along such other writers as Algis Budrys and Harry Harrison early in their careers, and did some useful things in his time at Ballantne/Del Rey as well...the Thorne Smith reissue program didn't hurt my feelings any, for one. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-88420044997797347052017-03-03T16:17:58.257-08:002017-03-03T16:17:58.257-08:00Very nice, Jerry. The cover looks familiar, though...Very nice, Jerry. The cover looks familiar, though that means little, but I do think I've read it, and some of the others you mention. Thanks for this review.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.com