Re: Last Dangerous Visions has dropped.

On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:59:38 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

Cryptoengineer wrote:

Published yesterday. I've downloaded it to my Kindle (now there's a
line that would have been thoroughly SF when the first anthology
was published), but have not read it yet.
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James, will you be reviewing this?

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   ... One can see there's nothing dangerous to the establishment
   at all about Last Dangerous Visions. It's much like seeing
   a Rage Against The Machine tour sponsored by Capital One. ...
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   ... A real successor, Forbidden Thoughts, came out in 2017
   featuring authors one might consider dangerous to mainstream
   publications Milo Yiannopoulos, Nick Cole, Larry Correia,
   Vox Day, and more. If Straczynski had truly wanted to follow
   Harlan Ellison's rebellious legacy, he would have included
   at least one writer of dissenting opinion. But in 2024, no
   real dangerous visions are allowed in publishing. It seems
   1984 has become reality. ....
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<https://fandompulse.substack.com/p/j-michael-stracyznski-turns-harlan>

I found the original to be ... what a sane person would expect:
nothing really daring, just people who thought they were.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"