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My take on Brett Cox's collection:

http://locusmag.com/2018/08/paul-di-filippo-reviews-the-end-of-all-our-exploring-by-f-brett-cox/

I look at Rich Larson's debut novel.

http://locusmag.com/2018/07/paul-di-filippo-reviews-annex-by-rich-larson/

I look at SM Stirling's newest:

http://locusmag.com/2018/07/paul-di-filippo-reviews-black-chamber-by-s-m-stirling/

Quote from "Transformations: The Story of the Science-fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970" by Mike Ashley

In order of appearance: Ellen Datlow, Fred Lerner, Gary Wolfe, George Morgan, Gordon van Gelder, Henry Wessells, Jess Nevins, Michael Dirda, Peter Halasz, Scott Andrews, Scott Edelman, Sheila Williams, Steve Dooner, Mark Walsh.

I look at an SF novel from Italy:

https://locusmag.com/2018/07/paul-di-filippo-reviews-the-book-of-hidden-things-by-francesco-dimitri/

My newest review of a book co-authored by Sarah A. Hoyt and Kevin J. Anderson.

http://locusmag.com/2018/07/paul-di-filippo-reviews-uncharted-by-kevin-j-anderson-sarah-a-hoyt/

I look at five writers of the Weird:

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/review/five-weird-books-for-strange-times

I first met Harlan Ellison around the year 1976 or 1977, when a group of us Rhode Island College SF fans invited him to lecture. In the subsequent forty years we became friends and saw each other a number of times. I got my share of the famous phone calls. I was hardly one of his inner circle, but he always treated me like a prince. Not that I was the prince, but he was. Just one example: he was responsible for getting me my wonderful agent, Richard Curtis, who is also Harlan's agent.

When I began to publish, I'd send him a copy of each book. One time, the book came back. You can see it below. Those scraps of post-it notes? Those are all the places Harlan annotated, praising or criticizing my prose. All unasked-for but incredibly valued, representing time volunteered out of his busy life.

Voyage happily into infinity, my friend.