John Brunner by Jad Smith

[james_davis_nicoll]

John Brunner by Jad Smith

A brief examination of speculative fiction author John Brunner's life and career.

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[james_davis_nicoll]

Platt is, as far as I know, the only person to have had fictional stand-ins killed off by both David Drake and Spider Robinson. Not sure what Robinson has against him but Drake was kind enough to provide an explanation.

[(Anonymous)]

Where was the Robinson appearance? It's been many years since I last read a Spider Robinson book. And I've always been bad at remembering names, anyway.

[james_davis_nicoll]

Variable Star. To quote:

"A machinist named C. Platt got careless with a torch and became our first death. He was not widely mourned."

[(Anonymous)]

And that Robinson book, I started and quickly decided I really didn't want to read, so.

I suspect that Platt said something hurtful relating to Robert Heinlein.

[(Anonymous)]

As I mentioned on rasfw, Platt wrote a hit piece on "Stranger in a Strange Land" for New Worlds Quarterly.

I thought it dishonest and sophomoric. I imagine that a Real Heinlein Fan would have considered burning the book.

William Hyde