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| − | '''John Sladek''' (1937-2000), Midwestern ambassador to the British New Wave science fiction movement, purveyor of antic satire, | + | '''John Sladek''' (1937-2000), Midwestern ambassador to the British New Wave science fiction movement, purveyor of antic satire, occasional collaborator with [[Thomas M. Disch]]. Now sadly obscure in the US. |
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| − | Science fiction, it seems to me, constitutes the right brain hemisphere of contemporary fiction (the dreaming part). My work ... is probably somewhere near the lobotomy scars.[http://www.grasslimb.com/sallis/GlobeColumns/globe.14.sladek.html] | + | Science fiction, it seems to me, constitutes the right brain hemisphere of contemporary fiction (the dreaming part). My work ... is probably somewhere near the lobotomy scars.<ref>from ''Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers'', cited in [http://www.grasslimb.com/sallis/GlobeColumns/globe.14.sladek.html Sallis]</ref> |
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* ''[[Roderick]]'' | * ''[[Roderick]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Tik-Tok]]'' (under construction) | ||
| − | I recommend reading anything you can find by him, but my other favorite is probably '' | + | I recommend reading anything you can find by him, but my other favorite is probably ''The Reproductive System''. |
== Other reading == | == Other reading == | ||
* [[wikipedia:John Sladek|Wikipedia]] - biography etc. | * [[wikipedia:John Sladek|Wikipedia]] - biography etc. | ||
| + | * [http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/sladek_john_t Encyclopedia of Science Fiction], John Clute | ||
* great [http://ansible.uk/writing/jsladek.html interview] from 1982 by David Langford, cited in many of these notes | * great [http://ansible.uk/writing/jsladek.html interview] from 1982 by David Langford, cited in many of these notes | ||
| + | * [http://www.irosf.com/q/zine/article/10230 Internet Review of Science Fiction], Matthew Davis | ||
| + | * [http://www.grasslimb.com/sallis/GlobeColumns/globe.14.sladek.html "The High Priest of Something Else"], James Sallis | ||
| + | * [http://www.bsfa.co.uk/www.vectormagazine.co.uk/article.asp%3FarticleID=34.html review of his short story collections] from Vector Magazine | ||
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[[Category:John Sladek]] | [[Category:John Sladek]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:22, 20 November 2016
John Sladek (1937-2000), Midwestern ambassador to the British New Wave science fiction movement, purveyor of antic satire, occasional collaborator with Thomas M. Disch. Now sadly obscure in the US.
Science fiction, it seems to me, constitutes the right brain hemisphere of contemporary fiction (the dreaming part). My work ... is probably somewhere near the lobotomy scars.[1]
Notes are here for these books:
I recommend reading anything you can find by him, but my other favorite is probably The Reproductive System.
Other reading
- Wikipedia - biography etc.
- Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, John Clute
- great interview from 1982 by David Langford, cited in many of these notes
- Internet Review of Science Fiction, Matthew Davis
- "The High Priest of Something Else", James Sallis
- review of his short story collections from Vector Magazine