Comments on: Cordwainer Smith: The Ballad of Lost Linebarger, Part 1 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/12/cordwainer-smith-the-ballad-of-lost-linebarger-part-1/ Frederik Pohl Thu, 16 May 2013 14:42:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: steven http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/12/cordwainer-smith-the-ballad-of-lost-linebarger-part-1/#comment-57303 steven Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:16:03 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3109#comment-57303 Jean, How are you ? Can you contact me. I have a question about your father. Stevenpulse1@gmail.com Jean,
How are you ? Can you contact me. I have a question about your father.

Stevenpulse1@gmail.com

]]> By: Frederik Pohl http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/12/cordwainer-smith-the-ballad-of-lost-linebarger-part-1/#comment-49171 Frederik Pohl Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:18:23 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3109#comment-49171 Dear Jean Altshuler: I knew your father over a period of years, and he was of course neither an alcoholic nor a lunatic. Harry was in fact an intelligent and skillful member of the publishing community. Nevertheless that "rule" was ill advised, enough so for me to describe it as I did, and one which caused trouble for me. But I am truly sorry if my flippancy caused you pain. I had no such intention. frederik pohl Dear Jean Altshuler:

I knew your father over a period of years, and he was of course neither an alcoholic nor a lunatic. Harry was in fact an intelligent and skillful member of the publishing community. Nevertheless that “rule” was ill advised, enough so for me to describe it as I did, and one which caused trouble for me.

But I am truly sorry if my flippancy caused you pain. I had no such intention.

frederik pohl

]]> By: jean altshuler http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/12/cordwainer-smith-the-ballad-of-lost-linebarger-part-1/#comment-49089 jean altshuler Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:24:54 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3109#comment-49089 Perhaps you did not mean to imply that my father Harry Altshuler was psychotic or alcoholic. I saw no sign of either condition in the many years I knew him until his death in 1990. Perhaps you did not mean to imply that my father Harry Altshuler was psychotic or alcoholic. I saw no sign of either condition in the many years I knew him until his death in 1990.

]]> By: b l miller http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/12/cordwainer-smith-the-ballad-of-lost-linebarger-part-1/#comment-40195 b l miller Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:34:05 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3109#comment-40195 Loved his stories more than I can say, read some to my Lady before she died. Let's just say she loved cats, and could see further through a millstone than most. I have had to leave a lot of stuff behind in my penurious progress, never anything written by him. This stuff insinuates and grips, becomes a colouration of the internal life. There is not enough of it, and should I ever get out of the present difficulty, I'll be looking for what I do not yet have. Loved his stories more than I can say, read some to my Lady before she died. Let’s just say she loved cats, and could see further through a millstone than most. I have had to leave a lot of stuff behind in my penurious progress, never anything written by him. This stuff insinuates and grips, becomes a colouration of the internal life. There is not enough of it, and should I ever get out of the present difficulty, I’ll be looking for what I do not yet have.

]]> By: glinda http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/12/cordwainer-smith-the-ballad-of-lost-linebarger-part-1/#comment-39690 glinda Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:04:49 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3109#comment-39690 Another thank you for publishing his stories. I was, oh, ten or eleven when I first read one of his stories, the one where Rod McBan ends up with the stamp (avoiding other spoilers here); he's been one of my two favorite SF writers ever since (the other is Zenna Henderson). Another thank you for publishing his stories. I was, oh, ten or eleven when I first read one of his stories, the one where Rod McBan ends up with the stamp (avoiding other spoilers here); he’s been one of my two favorite SF writers ever since (the other is Zenna Henderson).

]]> By: Murasaki_1966 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/2010/12/cordwainer-smith-the-ballad-of-lost-linebarger-part-1/#comment-39687 Murasaki_1966 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 20:44:53 +0000 http://www.thewaythefutureblogs.com/?p=3109#comment-39687 Thank you for publishing Cordwainer Smith. I came to his writing via Ursula Le Guin, and on the principle that if one of my favourite authors loved this bloke's work, it must be worth checking out, I did. One of the best things I ever done. I wish his work was more widely known. Thank you for publishing Cordwainer Smith. I came to his writing via Ursula Le Guin, and on the principle that if one of my favourite authors loved this bloke’s work, it must be worth checking out, I did. One of the best things I ever done. I wish his work was more widely known.

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