tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post4408080426010391223..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: FFB: 5th Annual Edition The Year's Best S-F -- Judith Merril, EditorAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-12422275572587989202014-01-25T15:19:58.057-06:002014-01-25T15:19:58.057-06:00The Sturgeon was also collected in that year's...The Sturgeon was also collected in that year's BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES, the only overlap. Martha Foley had snatched up Merril's own story "Dead Center" for an earlier volume.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-92106990361319163032014-01-24T10:41:38.665-06:002014-01-24T10:41:38.665-06:00Short poems, too. And I agree about "The Han...Short poems, too. And I agree about "The Handler." Very creepy, but also very funny.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-73049071886554661492014-01-24T10:34:42.412-06:002014-01-24T10:34:42.412-06:00And it should be noted that some of these are poet...And it should be noted that some of these are poetry, Campbell's an editorial essay...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-29073447444172954422014-01-24T10:33:22.586-06:002014-01-24T10:33:22.586-06:00James Blish joked about Hell having no fury like a...James Blish joked about Hell having no fury like a woman who can't even find her name in the index, but the bitter Merril/Pohl divorce was still fresh at this point, and the Amis book was most controversial in the sf world for the degree to which Amis lionized Pohl as the best of all current sf writers.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-1731785667147756442014-01-24T10:30:12.075-06:002014-01-24T10:30:12.075-06:00If I had to save a single story, it might be Damon...If I had to save a single story, it might be Damon Knight's brilliant little fantasy "The Handler." But, yeah, the Sturgeon would fight it tooth and nail, and the Keyes and Emshwiller would certainly be heard from.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-60815364213217805322014-01-24T10:28:12.789-06:002014-01-24T10:28:12.789-06:00The fifth annual was the first to be published by ...The fifth annual was the first to be published by Simon & Schuster...after the first four were in boards from Gnome Press, which was piggybacking on the Dell deal, I believe. Her editor at S&S, however, was very meddlesome and occasionally overruled her choices, making for some relief, I gather, when Dell's hardcover arm Delacorte started doing the volume with 10. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-73161823626576470462014-01-24T10:07:16.042-06:002014-01-24T10:07:16.042-06:00Yes, very nice group of stories. I like that Mark ...Yes, very nice group of stories. I like that Mark Clifton story a lot, and several others here.Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-26928108139023995082014-01-24T07:14:23.161-06:002014-01-24T07:14:23.161-06:00Amazing list of great stories! I read all those Me...Amazing list of great stories! I read all those Merril "Year's Best" as they were published. Merril became a big proponent of "New Wave" fiction. I like Merril's approach of featuring some stories that weren't published in SF magazines.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com