tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27426598.post1815305027732045626..comments2023-12-14T08:48:46.577-05:00Comments on Pyr-o-mania: The Future And YouLisa Kayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14578593003811737367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27426598.post-43157550275551725912007-05-09T10:55:00.000-04:002007-05-09T10:55:00.000-04:00Thanks Robert. I LOVE the Starship series, which j...Thanks Robert. I LOVE the Starship series, which just gets better and better with each book.Lou Andershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362734492222851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27426598.post-75471065905915758112007-05-08T22:10:00.000-04:002007-05-08T22:10:00.000-04:00Lou,Think Mike Resnick is another one of those "st...Lou,<BR/><BR/>Think Mike Resnick is another one of those "stealth" authors. He regularly wins awards and gets stories in print, but seems to escape major notice form reviewers and interviewers.<BR/><BR/>Glad to see you're publishing his STARSHIP series, wherein he proceeds to happily subvert the cliches of the "heroic starship captain and crew" subgenre.<BR/><BR/>As for lack of respect for comedic SF...that's perhaps because too much un-funny comedic SF has been published, too many stories relying on puns (death to genre puns!) and fannish humor.<BR/><BR/>Guess I tend to prefer the more satiric style of humorous SF. John Sladek and Barry Malzberg are masters of this, likewise the 50s-era short stories of Pohl & Kornbluth. Robert Sheckley in his prime was master, Connie Willis has written funny stuff, Howard Waldrop, George Alec Effinger...<BR/><BR/>RObertRoberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418150320095119488noreply@blogger.com