Classics of Science Fiction

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John Hertz will be leading discussions of three classic SF works at Westercon 64. As he puts it, “A classic is a work that survives its own time. After the currents which might have sustained it have changed, it remains, and is seen to be worthwhile for itself.” If you have a better definition, bring it to the panels.

Each of the three classics is worth reading, or re-reading. Each discussion will take up one. Come to as many as you like. You’ll be welcome to join in. Check the program schedule at the convention for the specific time and location of the discussion. https://transculturalexchange.org/q2axxyfc4ln https://inteligencialimite.org/2024/08/07/atb9jtmgksh

https://udaan.org/bdwcfk5hkc.php Poul Anderson https://aiohealthpro.com/mr0xik70du6 Brain Wave (1954) https://udaan.org/roday27sk8.php https://sugandhmalhotra.com/2024/08/07/1z1anh9r Humankind didn’t invent it; we escaped it. The Solar System suddenly moves out of a cosmic cloud after hundreds of millions of years. It was a suppressor field, so everything that has a brain is about five times smarter – people and animals. Now what?

https://www.psicologialaboral.net/2024/08/07/xcmz1n78g Philip K. Dick https://oevenezolano.org/2024/08/jpof22o The Man in the High Castle (1962) Order Xanax From Canada https://merangue.com/ml59v6g This won Dick’s only Hugo. The Allies lost World War II; Nazi Germany controls the east coast of North America, Imperial Japan the west, where most of the story is set. Avram Davidson, who was no dope, said “It’s all here, extrapolation, suspense, action, art philosophy.”

Xanax Medication Online https://aiohealthpro.com/fy8tgc6 Murray Leinster https://nedediciones.com/uncategorized/2ihku3f9l “The Ethical Equations” (1945)

Here are hostile aliens we can’t take advantage of, astounding technology ditto, bureaucrats who get their noses pulled, neatly and deftly shown. Leinster coined “first contact” for the first meeting of humans and aliens; the Sidewise Award for alternative history is named after a Leinster novella. He was one of s-f’s best craftsmen.

Our thanks to the estate of Murray Leinster and the Virginia Kidd Agency for their permission to offer a free download of Leinster’s story for a limited time prior to Westercon 64 in conjunction with this program item. (The free download offer is now over and the copy has been removed.)

Note that Leinster’s daughters Billee J. Stallings and Jo-an J. Evans have written a biography of Murray Leinster, to be published in the near future by McFarland.

Buying Xanax Bars “The Ethical Equations,” copyright © 1945, 1973 by the Estate of Murray Leinster; first appeared in Astounding (now known as Analog); used by permission of the author’s Estate and the Estate’s agents, the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.

Image from the NESFA Press collection First Contacts (Joe Rico ed.), used by permission.