Peter Heck

4 Quotations from Peter Heck

faan n. 2008 P. Heck On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction Aug. 108/1 ‘Faan’ in SF slang refers to those who hang out at SF conventions but rarely read the literature.
little green man n. 2011 P. Heck On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction Aug. 110/1 Scientists in a dozen fields are finding evidence that we may well have company in the universe—if not little green men or tentacled monsters seeking to carry off Earth’s women, certainly something we might recognize as living and maybe even as intelligent.
sfnal adj. 2012 P. Heck On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction July 109/1 Her comments on Le Guin, noting a duality between ‘two major parallel universes,’ i.e. the fantastic and sfnal elements in her work, are perceptive and useful.
sol n. 2 1998 P. Heck On Books in Asimov’s Science Fiction July 137/2 Schwatzendale, the Engineer, is a card shark and all-around gambler, who preys on anyone willing to wager a few sols with him.