Re: (Shockwave Reader) A Maze of Stars by John Brunner

Verily, in article <1055vk9$a6t$1@reader1.panix.com>, did
jdnicoll@panix.com deliver unto us this message:

 
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:
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https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/till-eternity

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| 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.

It's always a bummer to be reminded that there are more people who like
predictable tropes than who like creative literature.

I liked some of Piers Anthony's more ambitious work. I believe it's all
Xanth all the time now. Of course, he's also fairly old and may just see
this as semi-retirement.

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