To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Capclave
From: shofmann at mindspring.com (Scott Hofmann)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 14:35:35 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

>>>>> "TW" == Ted White <twhite8 at cox.net> writes:

 TW> ----- Original Message -----
 TW> From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
 TW> To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
 TW> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:42 PM
 TW> Subject: [WSFA] Re: Goodbye?

 >> You missed an excellent con.

 TW> Really?  By what standards?  I heard a lot of complaints.

 TW> Last year's GoH, Phil Klass, was an *excellent* choice -- a man who has
 TW> written some of the best SF of the last half-century.  This year's was
 TW> someone I'd never heard of, and after reading his story in the program
 TW> booklet I'll never again read anything else by him.  It was badly written
 TW> and would have been rejected by any professional editor.  I'm told he
 TW> himself recommended it for Capclave publication, which doesn't speak well
 TW> for him.  (Nor does the fact that it was *not copyrighted* speak well for
 TW> Capclave.)  Why honor a man who apparently writes hackwork under
 TW> housenames?   (And, I'm also told, has a history of not showing up for
 TW> scheduled appearances?)

While you certainly have your opinion about Nick Pollotta's work, please do not
turn them into personal attacks about him or his editors at Wildside Press. He
was a very friendly, interesting person who went out his way to entertain us,
and I for one much appreciated his participation. I also bought his first
Bureau 13 book in the Dealer's Room and am enjoying it. I plan to purchase the
rest of his bibliography in the future.

scott

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