Posted by Frank Denton on July 29, 1998 at 19:42:29:
In Reply to: Re: Analog review posted by John Robinson on July 29, 1998 at 18:14:14:
: There was Gift of Gab in September 55 and The Miricle Workers in July 58. Pretty sure there was at least one other in the 50's.
: John
: : I think Jack had a hard time cracking Astounding/Analog to begin with. Without denigrating fans of that magazine, it is a forum for hard SF, new scientific ideas and a few oddball ones too, to wit, Shaver and the Dean Drive. From memory, only Gift of Gab has made it on their pages. I really do think sometimes that Analog fears writing that is culturally based as Jack's mainly is, so the negative review is hardly surprising.
One wonders why Analog decided to run a review of Jack's latest novel. It certainly is not hard sf. Isn't there enough hard sf around to review?