The Vilbar Party by Evelyn E. Smith

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Vilbar Party by Evelyn E. Smith

Comments

[leecetheartist]

Thanks James!

I read this story sometime in the 70's I think, in my early teens. It was part of an anthology somewhere and didn't come with illustrations. I was quite perturbed coming across this illustration in Gutenberg, it didn't match my mind's eye concept of Gzann at all.

I don't think I've read any other Evelyn E. Smith, I wonder if there's any more out there.

[ba_munronoe]

Yes, looks more like a grumpy humanoid dog here than a teddy bear.

Could it have been this 1982 collection? http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?328711

That's where I encountered it.

[leecetheartist]

I do have Laughing Space, but I had read it much earlier. My late Dad frequented many second hand bookstores, and got a lot of yellowing paperback anthologies, but I'm dashed if I could tell you which one it was in. Unless I'm completely misremembering.

[ba_munronoe]

According to the isfdb, could be this http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/7/78/HMNNBNGS4E1963.jpg

or

http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/3/3b/THTHRDGLXR1960.jpg

[leecetheartist]

That's a cool superpower you have there. The Third Galaxy Reader really pinged, I'm sure I've seen it before.

[james_davis_nicoll]

She has at least one collection in print: The 20th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK.

[leecetheartist]

Thanks, I'll have to check it out!

[leecetheartist]

68 cents! I can't even say I'll buy that for a dollar! :-D

[bunsen_h]

I don't think I've read any other Evelyn E. Smith, I wonder if there's any more out there.

More E.E. Smiths who are/were SF authors?

[leecetheartist]

Well, I suppose that too.