Where To Start With the Work of David DrakeOh, he had several enemies, most of whom he outlived. In particular I recall
New to the works of the late David Drake? Here are five works to consider.
https://www.tor.com/2023/12/13/where-to-start-with-the-work-of-david-drake/
Memories of Drake appeared to be universally positive, and he didn’t seem to have had enemies.
On Dec 13, 2023, James Nicoll wrote
(in article <ulcs8g$kkm$1@reader2.panix.com>):
Where To Start With the Work of David Drake
New to the works of the late David Drake? Here are five works to consider. >>
https://www.tor.com/2023/12/13/where-to-start-with-the-work-of-david-drake/
Memories of Drake appeared to be universally positive, and he didn’t seem >> to have had enemies.Oh, he had several enemies, most of whom he outlived. In particular I recall >a reviewer for Analog magazine who started a review of one of Drake’s >Hammer’s Slammers books with “Let’s irritate Drake first”. Said >reviewer also managed to piss off several other writers, at least two of whom >wrote into Analog requesting that their work no longer be reviewed by >him--and got published in the letter column. I found his reviews laughable; >in particular he liked a certain NON milSF write who tended to settle plot >points with nuclear weapons, while running on and on about the gore (The >quote “Oh, the gore!” in a review of Rolling Hot, comes to mind) in >Drake’s, and other milSF who wrote about retail rather than wholesale >death. I found his reviews quite helpful; anything that he didn’t like, I >probably would. I wrote into Analog, ointing out that Drake did NOT write the >mindless thud and blunder drivel that those reviews suggested. My letter >didn’t make the letter column, and I never got a reply. Ah, well. That >reviewer departed Analog; Drake had a successful career for several decades >after the reviewer was gone.
I have a lot of Drake books; all of the Hammer’s Slammers, all of the Lord >of the Isles, all of the RCN, all of his horror (and I don’t have much >horror that isn’t Drake...), all of his fantasy, and more. Chapter 13 and >14 of Rolling Hot, and the last paragraph of “The Way We Die” are among >the reasons why I kept on buying his work.
In article<0001HW.2B2B282000BB3685700005A5838F@news.eternal-september.org>, WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:
On Dec 13, 2023, James Nicoll wrote
(in article <ulcs8g$kkm$1@reader2.panix.com>):
Where To Start With the Work of David Drake
New to the works of the late David Drake? Here are five works to consider.
https://www.tor.com/2023/12/13/where-to-start-with-the-work-of-david-drake/
Memories of Drake appeared to be universally positive, and he didn’t seemOh, he had several enemies, most of whom he outlived. In particular I recall
to have had enemies.
a reviewer for Analog magazine who started a review of one of Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers books with “Let’s irritate Drake first”. Said reviewer also managed to piss off several other writers, at least two of whom
wrote into Analog requesting that their work no longer be reviewed by him--and got published in the letter column. I found his reviews laughable; in particular he liked a certain NON milSF write who tended to settle plot points with nuclear weapons, while running on and on about the gore (The quote “Oh, the gore!” in a review of Rolling Hot, comes to mind) in Drake’s, and other milSF who wrote about retail rather than wholesale death. I found his reviews quite helpful; anything that he didn’t like, I probably would. I wrote into Analog, ointing out that Drake did NOT write the
mindless thud and blunder drivel that those reviews suggested. My letter didn’t make the letter column, and I never got a reply. Ah, well. That reviewer departed Analog; Drake had a successful career for several decades after the reviewer was gone.
I have a lot of Drake books; all of the Hammer’s Slammers, all of the Lord
of the Isles, all of the RCN, all of his horror (and I don’t have much horror that isn’t Drake...), all of his fantasy, and more. Chapter 13 and 14 of Rolling Hot, and the last paragraph of “The Way We Die” are among the reasons why I kept on buying his work.
Which book got reviewed in Analog? A quick skim didn't turn up the review
on ISFDB.
On Dec 14, 2023, James Nicoll wrote
(in article <ulf3hf$mpd$1@reader2.panix.com>):
In article<0001HW.2B2B282000BB3685700005A5838F@news.eternal-september.org>, WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:
On Dec 13, 2023, James Nicoll wrote
(in article <ulcs8g$kkm$1@reader2.panix.com>):
Where To Start With the Work of David Drake
New to the works of the late David Drake? Here are five works to consider.
https://www.tor.com/2023/12/13/where-to-start-with-the-work-of-david-dra
ke/
Memories of Drake appeared to be universally positive, and he didn’t seemOh, he had several enemies, most of whom he outlived. In particular I recall
to have had enemies.
a reviewer for Analog magazine who started a review of one of Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers books with “Let’s irritate Drake first”. Said reviewer also managed to piss off several other writers, at least two of whom
wrote into Analog requesting that their work no longer be reviewed by him--and got published in the letter column. I found his reviews laughable;
in particular he liked a certain NON milSF write who tended to settle plot
points with nuclear weapons, while running on and on about the gore (The quote “Oh, the gore!” in a review of Rolling Hot, comes to mind) in Drake’s, and other milSF who wrote about retail rather than wholesale death. I found his reviews quite helpful; anything that he didn’t like, I
probably would. I wrote into Analog, ointing out that Drake did NOT write the
mindless thud and blunder drivel that those reviews suggested. My letter didn’t make the letter column, and I never got a reply. Ah, well. That reviewer departed Analog; Drake had a successful career for several decades
after the reviewer was gone.
I have a lot of Drake books; all of the Hammer’s Slammers, all of the Lord
of the Isles, all of the RCN, all of his horror (and I don’t have much horror that isn’t Drake...), all of his fantasy, and more. Chapter 13 and
14 of Rolling Hot, and the last paragraph of “The Way We Die” are among
the reasons why I kept on buying his work.
Which book got reviewed in Analog? A quick skim didn't turn up the review on ISFDB.
Either Rolling Hot, The Sharp End, or Counting The Cost. Probably Rolling Hot. It’s been a long time. I don’t remember the reviewer’s name. I do remember just how pissed I was when I read the review.
In article
<0001HW.2B2BBDC000DE47C1700005A5838F@news.eternal-september.org>,
WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:
On Dec 14, 2023, James Nicoll wrote
(in article <ulf3hf$mpd$1@reader2.panix.com>):
In article<0001HW.2B2B282000BB3685700005A5838F@news.eternal-september.org>,
WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> wrote:
On Dec 13, 2023, James Nicoll wrote
(in article <ulcs8g$kkm$1@reader2.panix.com>):
Where To Start With the Work of David Drake
New to the works of the late David Drake? Here are five works to consider.
https://www.tor.com/2023/12/13/where-to-start-with-the-work-of-david-dra
ke/
Memories of Drake appeared to be universally positive, and he didn’tOh, he had several enemies, most of whom he outlived. In particular I recall
seem
to have had enemies.
a reviewer for Analog magazine who started a review of one of Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers books with “Let’s irritate Drake first”. Said reviewer also managed to piss off several other writers, at least two of
whom
wrote into Analog requesting that their work no longer be reviewed by him--and got published in the letter column. I found his reviews laughable;
in particular he liked a certain NON milSF write who tended to settle plot
points with nuclear weapons, while running on and on about the gore (The
quote “Oh, the gore!” in a review of Rolling Hot, comes to mind) in Drake’s, and other milSF who wrote about retail rather than wholesale death. I found his reviews quite helpful; anything that he didn’t like,
I
probably would. I wrote into Analog, ointing out that Drake did NOT write
the
mindless thud and blunder drivel that those reviews suggested. My letter
didn’t make the letter column, and I never got a reply. Ah, well. That
reviewer departed Analog; Drake had a successful career for several decades
after the reviewer was gone.
I have a lot of Drake books; all of the Hammer’s Slammers, all of the Lord
of the Isles, all of the RCN, all of his horror (and I don’t have much
horror that isn’t Drake...), all of his fantasy, and more. Chapter 13 and
14 of Rolling Hot, and the last paragraph of “The Way We Die” are among
the reasons why I kept on buying his work.
Which book got reviewed in Analog? A quick skim didn't turn up the review on ISFDB.
Either Rolling Hot, The Sharp End, or Counting The Cost. Probably Rolling Hot. It’s been a long time. I don’t remember the reviewer’s name. I do
remember just how pissed I was when I read the review.
I checked Analog's review column for 1989 (Tom Easton was the Analog
review then), and I found this sentence in October 1989 issue:
"Let's aggravate David Drake first."
However, this was for a review of
_Cluster Command_ by David Drake and W. C. Deitz (2nd in the Crisis of
Empire series - a definite sharecropping). In the November 1989 issue,
Tom Easton kinda apologizes for his review.
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