Re: Highlights and Lowlights - April 2025

On 5/7/25 8:27 PM, Ahasuerus wrote:

On 5/7/2025 7:06 PM, Tony Nance wrote:

On 5/7/25 11:36 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

Tony Nance  <tnusenet17@gmail.com> wrote:

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Oh my - I wasn't aware of any of that. Thank you! I'll definitely look
into the NESFA volume, because I really enjoy and appreciate Leinster's
work.

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Let me just say that it is great and that as much as you love and appreciate Leinster's work, you will love and appreciate it more

 >> after reading First Contacts.  At least, I did.>

Cool, thanks - very helpful to know that.
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I think I have a little homework to do before I decide. It turns out I have four of Leinster's collections: The Best of Murray Leinster (Ballantine/Del Rey), Med Ship, Planets of Adventure, and A Logic Named Joe. At first glance, it looks like there are lot of stories in First Contacts that aren't in these four,  but I want to look more closely.

 I would say that "De Profundis" and "If You Was a Moklin" are the most unfortunate gaps since they show different sides of Leinster's talent.
 

Interesting - thanks.

Also, note that the Del Rey version of _The Best of Murray Leinster_ is missing "Exploration Team " and "Plague on Kryder II", but you have them in _Planets of Adventure_ and _Med Ship_ respectively.

It looks like there are roughly 8 stories in First Contacts that I don't have[1], plus the non-fiction stuff.  I may well grab this one.
Tony
[1] A few of those 8 are on Gutenberg.