tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post5695413382513903524..comments2024-03-26T21:58:50.501-04:00Comments on MPorcius Fiction Log: Three early 1930s stories by Donald WandreiMPorciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-86046156905159855302017-07-07T18:21:17.053-04:002017-07-07T18:21:17.053-04:00Hi
Thanks for the mention, I have to say that whi...Hi<br /><br />Thanks for the mention, I have to say that while I enjoy Wandrei, his output is a bit uneven. I love the cover of Raider of Universes but it suffers from a problem many of the early SF writers, Hamilton and many SF TV shows have it was well, of what I call the switch syndrome. Earth will be destroyed and you are powerless to stop us ha! ha!, unless you push this oddly unguarded very conspicuous button. The most frustrating thing about the Fire Vampires for me was Norby's assistant, but Wander could have fleshed the characters out more. The twist for me was as you mention Norby's very unheroic refusal to allow himself to be killed to save others, how unSF. Colossus was okay it used a a theme that would be oft used by Ray Cummings, the big or small exploration of the universe, The Diamond Lens.by Fitz-James O'Brien was one of the classic of course. I agree that Wandrei is a typical pulp writer of his time and your impressions of his writing seem fair. I will see if I can put a post together on some of my favourite stories by him in the fall, I think. that his stories that I would describe as eerie, an intersection of SF and the Weird are his most effective, probably because of his association with HPL and Weird Tales. The only book by him I have at the cabin is The Web of Easter Island. I was really pleased that you gave him a try.<br /><br />Many Thanks<br />GuyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546069846136464138noreply@blogger.com