ATTN JMS: Your SFFWA position--is this accurate?

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Your SFFWA position--is this accurate?
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s  1: Sep 25, 1996: sixstrng at wolfenet.com
-  2: Sep 26, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
+ 11: Sep 26, 1996: caseyd at is2.nyu.edu (Daniel O'Riordan Casey)
* 12: Sep 26, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: sixstrng at wolfenet.com
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I tried posting this a few days ago, but I don't think it ever showed
up.

Dear Mr. Straczynski:

Thanks for saying I could quote from your online post about the SFFWA.
This is what I am planning to put in my article about the current
state of science fiction literature and the attitudes of those who
guide it:

"J. Michael Straczynski, creator of Babylon 5, resigned his membership
in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America because of what
he considers to be their condescending attitude toward television and
motion picture SF writers." 

Is this accurate, as far as it goes, or would you prefer a different
summary?  I'm not trying to open a cargo-hold full of worms, but some
things need be said, and this quote pretty well summarizes the theme
of my article.  (I'm looking for as much ammuntion as I can find.)

BTW, If you would like a copy when it's finished, let me know how to
get one to you.

Thanks,

Terry Burlison






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From: caseyd at is2.nyu.edu (Daniel O'Riordan Casey)
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apologies to all for the doublepost.  Time for a new ISP.


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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No, you really can't mix and match scripts and prose in the same category,
any more than you can mix a short story and a novel.  Those terms have
very specific meanings, right down to word counts.  They're wholly
different categories.



 jms



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