tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post3355724316544593721..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Leigh BrackettEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-40342128921950780952008-01-15T02:14:00.000-08:002008-01-15T02:14:00.000-08:00It's a good year to be a Brackett fan. In addition...It's a good year to be a Brackett fan. In addition to Haffner's incomparable short story collections, my company is releasing some of Brackett's longer works, starting with <A HREF="http://paizo.com/store/fiction/planetStories/v5748btpy7x8f" REL="nofollow">The Secret of Sinharat</A> (headed to stores now) with the Skaith trilogy soon to follow.<BR/><BR/>I noticed that you mentioned our Planet Stories line on your blog once before, and I really appreciate the support!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-83900369836737707802008-01-13T08:06:00.000-08:002008-01-13T08:06:00.000-08:00Oh, man, this brings back so many memories. Thanks...Oh, man, this brings back so many memories. Thanks for the tip, Ed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-11544833057987298942008-01-12T15:40:00.000-08:002008-01-12T15:40:00.000-08:00A while back on the FictionMags list I contrasted ...A while back on the FictionMags list I contrasted and compared 1951 (iirc) issues of PLANET STORIES and ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, and and the one was as good as the other...and Leigh Brackett's contribution to the PLANET issue was unsurprisingly the best story in that issue (Charles Harness's came close). Now, it may be that during the Wilbur Peacock editorial reign (in PLANETS earliest years) that things were a bit less engaging, but I suspect any issue with a Brackett story was worth having for that fact alone. (And neither of the issues I detailed was perfect--both could boast, for example, of one absolutely dreadful story, PLANET's by legendary incompetent Stanley Mullen, ASF's by some guy named Hubbub.) Even in the most outre circumstances, Brackett kept her characters real...imagine ER Burroughs as a genuinely good writer, and you have some idea. And then there's THE LONG TOMORROW, and the film writing, and...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com