Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:26:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Drew Bittner <drewbitt at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Blish... Re: Enterprise - the end is nigh!
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

I really didn't know anything about Blish when I read
his Trek adaptations back in '74 or '75. I've read
some of his work since but that's clearly far from
even the majority of his writing. Whether he wrote the
things I'd read before or after Trek was largely
unimportant to me.

As for knowing the history of sf... well, I picked up
a lot through osmosis and more from being a critic for
a newspaper through the late '80s. Being around fans
who are more up on history and interviewing writers
makes learning a lot easier, though the
sometimes-anti-social nature of fandom in general can
discourage some potential readers.

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