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1970 R. Brown By Furies Possessed in Focal Point (vol. 2, no. 12) 31 Aug. 5 (review)
Ted White has gone beyond Tuckerisms with his new novel, By Furies Possessed. Tuckerisms, for those who don’t know, are the creation of our own Arthur Wilson (‘Bob’) Tucker. They are the mention of fan names, as minor or passing characters, in a professional book. [...] Tucker is not the only fan-turned-pro who has used the device—with varying degrees of success—but like a lot of things, it started with Tucker, and hence the practice is named after him. But it all gets out of hand, I think, when one or more of the major characters—as in By Furies Possessed—is so obviously a real fan. In
this instance, it’s a midwesterner named Tucker. |