Posted by Gabriele Guenther on June 26, 1999 at 13:22:17:
In Reply to: Jack Vance / Terry Pratchett cross-over fanship posted by Gabriele Guenther on June 24, 1999 at 16:08:31:
Initial results of survey:
6 people have written to me so far. Thanks, people!
However, I am a bit disappointed at not more contacting me.
Results very roughly:
Quite a few don't like Pratchett (considering his humour limited).
A couple (and me) love him, finding him a very serious author
who is usually very humourous too, but find his last two books disappointing.
Eric Frank Russell remains widely unknown (forgotten), which is
sad; ERF was a very interesting author (politically etc.).
Just a small note: ERF wrote one of the most racist SF stories
I have ever read, and he also wrote 2 of the most powerfully
(deliberately) anti-racist SF stories I have ever read.
There seems to be no Brit/Yank divide in cross-over fanship;
two Brits love Vance & detest Pratchett, one loves both.
One American loves both.
A couple of Dutch have answered; where are all the Australians?
And BTW, I'm German.
Suan Yong's comment about Vance seems very comprehensively true.