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dustydigger
Posted 2022-01-12 4:58 AM (#23701 - in reply to #23700)
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Location: UK		Daxxh,I read Tick Tock Man a few months ago.,and as you say,it is still relevant.I have been reading top SF short stories over the last year or so,after decades of sticking to novels only..and am thoroughly enjoying it.
Way back in 1961,on my 13th birthday I was so happy to get my adult library card. My first two selections were ERBs Princess of Mars and Ray Bradbury's Golden Apples of the Sun. Probably 2 out of 3 books on the shelves were either fixup novels ,short story collections,or anthologies.Damon Knight was the king of editing anthologies, Ted Surgeon,Clifford D Simak,Fritz Leiber ,Asimov,BradburyVan Vogt were at the top of their fame,and form,so we were spoilt for choice with great short fiction. But times were already changing,the magazines were fading somewhat,and the rise of the novel was on the way. Within a decade,short SF was very much rarer,and the novel reigned supreme.So I am happy to read some of the greatest stories,either as rereads after decades,or read for the first time.Good stuff.

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