Re: Golden Age of Science Fiction

Bill Patterson wrote:

Who is credited with originating "The Golden Age of Science Fiction is
when you are twelve"?

"The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve." Pete Graham -- sf fan,
not a pro.

Every now and then, the subject of a Locus interview talks about a
golden age of sf. And then I check that writer's age. Oddly enough,
so far it's always turned out to include the period when that writer
was twelve.

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Dan Goodman
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
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