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Post by dem bones on Nov 20, 2022 10:14:05 GMT
Harry E. Turner: It‘s hungryIt is no The Tunisian Talking Ferret or The Hypnotist, but it is a fun. Turner sure likes his larger than life settings, and of course the story is preposterous, but who cares? (Has anybody read Turner‘s collection The Man who could hear fishes? Seems there are a few originals included.) The Man Who Could Hear The Fishes Scream, reviewed by the Right Hon. Lord J. Llewellyn Probert! Well, Pan 18 is indeed a mixed bag. There is the distinct impression that it lacks effort. Quite a few stories seem not ready for publication or are just weak. Seem to remember #25 as another poor effort. In the case of #18, you wonder at so many series regulars hitting autopilot at the same time.
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Post by andydecker on Nov 20, 2022 17:25:56 GMT
The Man Who Could Hear The Fishes Scream, reviewed by the Right Hon. Lord J. Llewellyn Probert! Well, Pan 18 is indeed a mixed bag. There is the distinct impression that it lacks effort. Quite a few stories seem not ready for publication or are just weak. Seem to remember #25 as another poor effort. In the case of #18, you wonder at so many series regulars hitting autopilot at the same time. Thanks for the link. I was too lazy to check the Vault, and typically there it is, a long discussion and another Turner collection the ISFDB missed. I tried to find them at online-sellers. There is one in Canada where the postage is even more outrageous than the price. Oh, well. Must re-read the Pan's and remember to check the pseudonyms.
Considering that even the Reverend got his luxury edition, where is my Norman Kaufman collection and now Harry E. Turner collection? I would heartily endorse the view that those writers were indeed criminally underrated and should have gotten their own Kimber or P.S. Publishing tomes.
Now onward to Pan 19.
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