Me and the Biz, Part II
The One That Went Right, Almost The Space Merchants was actually the first science fiction novel that Cyril Kornbluth and I wrote, and it pleased us both greatly by becoming a quick success. We scored...
View ArticleLet There Be Fandom, Part 3: A Brooklyn Boyhood
I count it one of the great good fortunes of my life that I grew up with all the resources of one of the world’s greatest cities within my reach. Young kids of the present, I do devoutly pity you,...
View ArticleEarly Days at Brooklyn Tech, Part 3
The fall term of the year 1934: For all of us Techies, it was a watershed event in at least two ways. First there was the sybaritic opulence of our new home. Everything was so clean! Not only that, the...
View ArticleBright Sayings of Bright People, No. 15: Stoppard
“I think of laughter as the sound of comprehension.” —Tom Stoppard
View ArticleA Little More About Jack Robins
Although he was less avid a writer than most of the rest of the Futurians, Jack Robins (or Rubinson) once wrote a play: “The Ivory Power,” now unfortunately long lost. It wasn’t a normal “story” play....
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