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donald wollheim, one of the best editors and anthologists of all time, was a giant in the world of science fiction. he published his "annual world's best" collections for more than 25 years. this was a pretty good one. what could be wrong with stories by roger zelazny, tanith lee, howard waldrop, robert silverberg, damon knight and others?
the pat cadigan story was terrific, and was no doubt strongly affected by her many years of residence in greenwich village, ny, ny.
the doris egan story, "timerider," is one of the best time-travel stories i have ever read. it depicts a future society where teams of timeriders worked together to send their team leaders back in time on so-called time waves to do salvage work. about 10 or 12 years ago, i even tracked her down (she now writes and produces tv shows). after writing that the story had legs and was just as good as when i first read it, i asked if she ever considered doing a follow-up to that story. i even made a few suggestions about possible plot lines. she wrote back (with many thanks and a few laughs), telling me that i wasn't the first to ask, but noting that she had moved on to bigger things.
the pat cadigan story was terrific, and was no doubt strongly affected by her many years of residence in greenwich village, ny, ny.
the doris egan story, "timerider," is one of the best time-travel stories i have ever read. it depicts a future society where teams of timeriders worked together to send their team leaders back in time on so-called time waves to do salvage work. about 10 or 12 years ago, i even tracked her down (she now writes and produces tv shows). after writing that the story had legs and was just as good as when i first read it, i asked if she ever considered doing a follow-up to that story. i even made a few suggestions about possible plot lines. she wrote back (with many thanks and a few laughs), telling me that i wasn't the first to ask, but noting that she had moved on to bigger things.
