Re: Leigh Brackett - The Halfling (collection)


"Anthony Nance" <nance@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Not really a review - more of a short exposure thing followed by
> a question way down there.
>
> I've stumbled upon the nice habit of reading short story collections
> over lunch. The last two I've read were Leigh Brackett collections:
> The Best of Leigh Brackett (1977), and The Halfling and Other Stories
> (1973), just finished today.
>
> Brackett (1915-1978) wrote in a wonderful style, doing an especially
> nice job with characters and mood. Sad to say that my gut feeling is
> that she's destined to slip more and more off the sf radar screens
> as time goes by (if she hasn't already),

However - the Star Wars connection should keep her in focus for a while.

J/


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