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'''"The Meeting"''' is a 1972 [[science fiction]] short story by [[Frederik Pohl]], based on an unfinished draft by [[Cyril Kornbluth]].<ref name=Platinum>[https://books.google.com/books?id=O7uk_WWWt5wC&dq=%22the+meeting%22+pohl+kornbluth&pg=PT686 introduction to "The Meeting"] in "Platinum Pohl"; published 2007 by [[Macmillan Publishers]], via [[Google Books]]</ref> It was first published in ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'';<ref name=ISFDB>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?51388 The Meeting], at the [[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]; retrieved December 17, 2016</ref> an audio version was read by [[Bradley Denton]].<ref name=Podo>[http://aboutsf.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-26T18_18_10-07_00 The Meeting], published September 26, 2011; retrieved December 17, 2016</ref> |
'''"The Meeting"''' is a 1972 [[science fiction]] short story by [[Frederik Pohl]], based on an unfinished draft by [[Cyril Kornbluth]].<ref name=Platinum>[https://books.google.com/books?id=O7uk_WWWt5wC&dq=%22the+meeting%22+pohl+kornbluth&pg=PT686 introduction to "The Meeting"] in "Platinum Pohl"; published 2007 by [[Macmillan Publishers]], via [[Google Books]]</ref> It was first published in ''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]'';<ref name=ISFDB>[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?51388 The Meeting], at the [[Internet Speculative Fiction Database]]; retrieved December 17, 2016</ref> an audio version was read by [[Bradley Denton]].<ref name=Podo>[http://aboutsf.podomatic.com/entry/2011-09-26T18_18_10-07_00 The Meeting], published September 26, 2011; retrieved December 17, 2016</ref> |
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Revision as of 08:57, 12 February 2024
"The Meeting" is a 1972 science fiction short story by Frederik Pohl, based on an unfinished draft by Cyril Kornbluth.[1] It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction;[2] an audio version was read by Bradley Denton.[3]
Synopsis
Harry and Margaret Vladek have a son with severe developmental disabilities. They are offered the chance to have his brain replaced with that of a cognitively normal child who was killed in an accident.
Reception
"The Meeting" won the 1973 Hugo Award for Best Short Story,[4] tied with R. A. Lafferty's "Eurema's Dam". Lafferty subsequently described "The Meeting" as "one of the worst stories ever written by anybody, anywhere", and stated that "out of common decency" he would not name it.[5]
References
- ^ introduction to "The Meeting" in "Platinum Pohl"; published 2007 by Macmillan Publishers, via Google Books
- ^ The Meeting, at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; retrieved December 17, 2016
- ^ The Meeting, published September 26, 2011; retrieved December 17, 2016
- ^ 1973 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved December 17, 2016
- ^ My interview with R.A. Lafferty, by Tom Jackson; originally published in Lan's Lantern #39 (1991); published in the Sandusky Register, January 16 2015; retrieved December 17, 2016
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