Rejection Slips: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
←Created page with '{{Infobox short story |name = Rejection Slips |title_orig = |translator = |author = Isaac Asimov |country = [[Un...' |
Omnipaedista (talk | contribs) quotation marks for minor works as per MOS:MINORWORK |
||
| (12 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown) | |||
| Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
|publication_type = [[Anthology]] |
|publication_type = [[Anthology]] |
||
|published_in = ''[[Nine Tomorrows]]'' |
|published_in = ''[[Nine Tomorrows]]'' |
||
|publisher = [[Doubleday]] |
|publisher = [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] |
||
|media_type = Print [[anthology]], [[Hardback]] |
|media_type = Print [[anthology]], [[Hardback]] |
||
|pub_date = 1959 |
|pub_date = 1959 |
||
}} |
}} |
||
"'''Rejection Slips'''" is a comic poem by [[Isaac Asimov]] written in 1959 for the collection [[Nine Tomorrows]]. |
"'''Rejection Slips'''" is a comic poem by American author [[Isaac Asimov]], written in 1959 for the collection ''[[Nine Tomorrows]]''. It intends to illustrate the three approaches of the most important editors in science fiction at the time ([[John W. Campbell]] of [[Astounding]], [[Horace Gold]] of ''[[Galaxy Science Fiction]]'' and [[Anthony Boucher]] of [[F&SF|''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'']]) when they had a story to reject. Campbell sent lengthy and turgid analyses, Gold abusive little notes and Boucher [[rejection slip]]s so gentle one wondered whether he was taking the story or not.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asimovreviews.net/Stories/Story319.html|title = Rejection Slips}}</ref> |
||
| ⚫ | |||
==References== |
==References== |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
== External links == |
|||
* {{isfdb title|108124}} |
|||
{{Nine Tomorrows}} |
{{Nine Tomorrows}} |
||
[[Category:Short stories by Isaac Asimov]] |
[[Category:Short stories by Isaac Asimov]] |
||
[[Category:1959 short stories]] |
[[Category:1959 short stories]] |
||
| ⚫ | |||
Latest revision as of 21:10, 21 May 2024
| "Rejection Slips" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Isaac Asimov | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Nine Tomorrows |
| Publication type | Anthology |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Media type | Print anthology, Hardback |
| Publication date | 1959 |
"Rejection Slips" is a comic poem by American author Isaac Asimov, written in 1959 for the collection Nine Tomorrows. It intends to illustrate the three approaches of the most important editors in science fiction at the time (John W. Campbell of Astounding, Horace Gold of Galaxy Science Fiction and Anthony Boucher of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction) when they had a story to reject. Campbell sent lengthy and turgid analyses, Gold abusive little notes and Boucher rejection slips so gentle one wondered whether he was taking the story or not.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Rejection Slips title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
 | This article related to a poem is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |