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| From | djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) |
| Subject | Re: This morning's crap idea. |
| Message-ID | <ntCAMv.24Do@kithrup.com> (permalink) |
| Date | 2015-08-19 17:16 +0000 |
| References | <mr2cek$4kn$1@dont-email.me> <57ff9cfa-dc8b-4b85-8035-fe719501e83e@googlegroups.com> |
| Organization | Kithrup Enterprises, Ld. |
In article <57ff9cfa-dc8b-4b85-8035-fe719501e83e@googlegroups.com>, <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote: >On Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 12:57:33 PM UTC-4, William Vetter wrote: >> Has there ever been a story published where a lousy SF author >> time-travels back to the Golden Age to throw his trunk stories over the >> transom and into a 1930's slushpile? > >No, but I do recall one where a modern goes back to the 50s, and sells a >lot of future-for-then famous stories to a Campbell expy. He gets suspicious >when faced with manuscripts which (i) were clearly "typed" on continuous, >perforated paper, (ii) contain no typos whatsoever, (iii) are in a wide >variety of styles, and (iv) include a story he's seen from another >author, but had rejected. Actually, it's the author who has written the story and not yet submitted it. He confronts her with the title, and she says, "Oh, shit. You were already working on it." > >He confronts the author, and she shows him some minor examples of future tech >(he's unimpressed by Star Wars, color, incredible effects, but clunky plot). > >IIRC, the traveller was trying to get the future bootstrapped faster then >it happened, for reasons.... It's Turtledove's "Hindsight," which I just looked up. -- Dorothy J. Heydt Vallejo, California djheydt at gmail dot com Should you wish to email me, you'd better use the gmail edress. Kithrup's all spammy and hotmail's been hacked.
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