Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Nebula Finalists 1990 Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:37:43 -0000 (UTC) Organization: Public Access Networks Corp. Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 02:37:43 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: reader1.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="22742"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1826 Lines: 30 In article , William Hyde wrote: >James Nicoll wrote: snip snip >> The Demon of Scattery (1979) with Mildred Downey Broxon snip >> In fact, one of my first proposals for tor dot com was for me to do >> with Anderson what Tarr was doing for Norton. > >My first thought was that I would reply to this to the effect: "Hah, you >don't have ..." as my own Anderson collection is extensive. > >But you do. > >And I have never read, it seems, "The demon of scattery", or even heard >of it. As I recall, PA mentored Broxon. This one was minor and I'd actually pay money to forget her Matter of Ireland novel, Too Long a Sacrifice. That said, she did get into Universe 5, with authors like Pangborn and Le Guin. Maybe I am too harsh. -- My reviews can be found at http://jamesdavisnicoll.com/ My tor pieces at https://www.tor.com/author/james-davis-nicoll/ My Dreamwidth at https://james-davis-nicoll.dreamwidth.org/ My patreon is at https://www.patreon.com/jamesdnicoll