Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 11:25:12 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Who would you stamp?
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:17 AM, mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> On 03/01/13 10:20, Michael Walsh wrote:
>> Apparently the Post Office is planning on a set of stamps - possibly 5
>> - honoring SF writers: http://file770.com/?p=11800.
>>
>> Keeping it to dead US 20th writers, who would you pick?
>>
>> My current choices:
>>
>> Asimov, Heinlein, Williamson, Bradbury, & Norton.
>>
>> Runners up: John W. Campbell, James Tiptree, & Octavia Butler.
>
> You'd *have* to start with the Big Three: Asimov, Clarke, and Heinlein.

But if it's limited to only dead US authors of the 20th century ...

> Beyond that... look at the list of Grandmasters.

Campbell is not on that list.  And while the supposed stamps are for
writers ... Campbell is way more important as an editor.

mjw