Sujet : Re: (Shockwave Reader) A Maze of Stars by John Brunner
De : jdnicoll (at) *nospam* panix.com (James Nicoll)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 15. Jul 2025, 17:28:57
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In article <
slrn107cs87.bsl.naddy@lorvorc.mips.inka.de>,
Christian Weisgerber <
naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
On 2025-07-15, James Nicoll <jdnicoll@panix.com> wrote:
>
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/till-eternity
>
| A number of SF authors pursued careers like Brunner’s: early
| prodigious output of competent pulp, a middle ambitious period,
| the grim realization that readers had no interest in rewarding
| their hard work with a commensurate increase in income, embittered
| disenchantment, and a return to their origins, albeit with better
| prose and plotting.
>
I'll bite: What other authors followed such a career trajectory?
Piers Anthony is one. Robert Silverberg is another.
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