Brian W. Aldiss letter to Luan Ranzetta
Content Description
A typed and signed letter from English writer and anthologies editor Brian W. Aldiss to Mrs. Luan Ranzetta expressing gratitude for having sent him two of her science-fiction novels. Aldiss confirms Ranzetta's suspicion that she might be the only female science-fiction writer in Britain, while acknowledging Hilary Bailey's first story appeared in one of Britain's science-fiction magazines recently. He also mentions America's sole female science-fiction writer at the time Judy Merril, praising her work, Shadow on the Hearth, though stating that "[s]he has not done anything to rival it since."
Dates
- Creation: 1963 October 7
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
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Extent
1 item (1 page)
Abstract
A typed and signed letter from English writer and anthologies editor Brian W. Aldiss to Mrs. Luan Ranzetta expressing gratitude for having sent him two of her science-fiction novels. Aldiss confirms Ranzetta's suspicion that she might be the only female science-fiction writer in Britain, while acknowledging Hilary Bailey's first story appeared in one of Britain's science-fiction magazines recently. He also mentions America's sole female science-fiction writer at the time Judy Merril, praising her work, Shadow on the Hearth, though stating that "[s]he has not done anything to rival it since."
Shelving Summary
Box 37, F0620: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Processing Information
Processed and encoded by George Apodaca, February 2016.
Subject
- Ranzetta, Luan (Person)
- Merril, Judith, 1923-1997 (Person)
- Bailey, Hilary, 1936- (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for Brian W. Aldiss letter to Luan Ranzetta
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2016 February 19
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository