[Dragaera] _Taltos_ and _The Hobbit_

[Mark Landin]

I remember reading an asimov story (forget which one) and was struck
at how the last section's voice and pacing was so different than the
rest of the story. Later found out campbell thought the ending was
lacking and tacked on his own, over asimov's objections, before
publishing. It was a heavy-handed effort...no wonder asimov disliked
him.

On 8/17/10, Peter Granzeau <pgranzeau at cox.net> wrote:
> At 01:17 PM 8/17/2010, Jerry Friedman wrote:
>>> * The magical hiring figure isn't around for most of the major action
>>> sequences.  (Admittedly, this is a standard Campbellian trope.)
>>
>>Who's Campbell?
>
> John W. Campbell (1910-1971), longtime editor of Astounding Science
> Fiction/Analog Science Fiction - Science Fact, from 1937 to his death, who
> possibly was the single greatest influence on the genre.  I think a group of
> his rules for writing are around, although I can't find them right now.  He
> was, admittedly, highly opinionated, and eventually managed to alienate a
> large number of his authors, including Heinlein and Asimov.
>
>
> --
> Regards, Pete
> pgranzeau at cox.net
>
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