F. M. Busby

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F. M. Busby

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Kornbluthian adj. 1956 ‘R. Pemberton’ Science Fiction Field Plowed Under in Cry of Nameless (#95) Sept. ‘Stars’ and ‘Demolished Man’ have superficial differences and basic similarities, to date ‘Jauntig’ [sic] (TP) replacing ‘peeping’ (ESP) as this story’s added talent creates a Kornbluthian twist on the society of de Camp’s ‘Stolen Dormouse’.
Vegan n. 2 1973 F. M. Busby 2000½—A Spaced Oddity in Vertex Aug. 82/1 Next morning the tribe forages for its breakfast: roots and berries. The group comes upon a huge object, black and rectangular. A strange sound is heard; all pause, awed. They cannot see the upper surface of the object; it is too high. Could they view it, they would see but not understand the message in Vegan script: ‘Live Cargo. Other End Up.’ Again the second tribe approaches. Shrieks are shrieked; faces are made; ups-and-downs are jumped.