Re: Under Appreciated: William F. Temple anyone?

On Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:51:40 GMT, Rich Horton <rrhorton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

On Wed, 01 Mar 2006 10:40:49 -0800, John Pelan <jpelan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The thread on under appreciated got me to thinking about some recent
reads... Often my reading is dictated by our publishing program (such
as the last year when I read literally every short story written by
Clifford D. Simak and Daniel F. Galouye). Recently I've been picking
up the odd issue of NEBULA and reading William F. Temple... Seems to
be an interesting body of work. It also seems that for someone who
regularly got top billing in his heyday, that he's completely
forgotten today...

I haven't read enough, but I do know that Mike Ashley seems fond of
his stuff.

(I still think J. T. M'Intosh should be ahead of him in line.)


Oddly enough, it was an e-mail exchange with Mike that sparked my
interest. For another coincidence, I went through a ton of M'Intosh
stories in New Worlds and elsewhere. Both you and Ian Covell (whose
opinions I respect a great deal) seem fond of his stuff. I find him a
good idea man, with a prose style so flat and devoid of any spark as
to be off-putting. Are there some classic M'Intosh stories I've
missed, or this simply a matter of taste.

Whatever the case, I don't think we'll ever see a M'Intosh collection,
he's apparently dead-set against any of his being reprinted anywhere.
In the case of William F. Temple, his widow is still alive (though in
declining health) and has hopes of seeing his short fiction collected.
I know Mike has discussed a collection with several other publishers,,
so perhaps we'll see a collection before too much longer.

Cheers,

John
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