Clarion II

Clarion #2

by Robin Scott Wilson (Editor), James Sallis (Contributor), Ed Bryant (Contributor)

An anthology of speculative fiction and criticism.

Contents:
- Introduction by James Sallis
- Punchline by Robert Thurston
- Magic Passes by Steve Herbst
- Fifteen Vultures, the Strop, and the Old Lady by Ursula K. Le Guin
- In the Greenhouse by Lin Nielsen
- Early to Bed by Geo. Alec Effinger
- Golden Ages Gone Away by Frederik Pohl
- Goodbye, Henry J. Kostkos, Goodbye by Damon Knight
- Here, There, and Everywhere by F.M. Busby
- The Hanged Man by Edward Bryant
- Winter Housecleaning by Molly Daniel
- Frozen Assets by Robert Wissner
- Crayola by Dave Skal
- Why Is It So Hard? by Kate Wilhelm
- To the Mountains by Laura Haney
- Their Thousandth Season by Ed Bryant
- Get FDR! by Robert Thurston
- At the Second Solstice by James Sutherland
- You Are What You Write by Harlan Ellison
- Notes on a Restless Urge by Robert Wissner
- And Dragons in the Sky by Glen Cook
- A Modest Proposal by Russell Bates
- The He-Man Ethos in Science Fiction by Joanna Russ
- Omnia Triste by Rick Norwood
- Stranger in the House by Lisa Tuttle
- The Good Life by Robert Thurston
- Sand and Stones by Geo. Alec Effinger
- The Writer as Teacher by James Sallis

Genres: Science Fiction, Anthologies, Fiction

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1972

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the second of three anthologies showcasing and celebrating the Clarion science fiction writing workshops founded by Wilson, Damon Knight, and Kate Wilhelm that grew out of the famed Milford writing conferences. It's a nice mix of (mostly very) short stories by the students and essays by the instructors, who include Harlan Ellison, Frederik Pohl, Joanna Russ, and Ursula K. LeGuin, as well as the aforementioned Knight, Wilhelm, and Wilson. The young writers include Ed Bryant, Glen Cook, Robert Thurston, James Sutherland, Lisa Tuttle, and others, many of whom went on to have significant careers in the genre. My favorites were the stories by George Alec Effinger and Ed Bryant. The cover by Gene Szafran, which features a pair of psychedelic-looking unclad women, caused something of a stir, being celebrated by the New Wave fans and repudiated by staid conservatives.

[Chris Aldridge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mindwebs audiobook ##10 Part 1 is “Winter Housekeeping” by Molly Daniel from this collection. A short story about an old man, whose wife is fighting against the ravages of time, whereas his attitude is fatalistic.

An Interesting premise but the macabre conclusion was a bit of an anticlimax for me.

10 Mindwebs-770304_Winter Housekeeping / Public Hating Molly Daniel / Steve Allen

[Forked Radish]

"Frozen Assets" by Robert Wissner: ⭐️⭐️⭐️: Assets are little donkeys.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This should at the moment be on my "read" and "currently reading" shelves. Lost this book years ago, fine science fiction anthology from the Clarion workshops, found it used yesterday, restarting in the middle with the Harlan Ellison essay but the stories, by folks including Robert Thurston, Ed Bryant, George Alec Effinger, Lisa Tuttle and others, are an exciting batch by writers first embarking into the bigtime. Whether they've gotten any farther than this or not, their inclusion in this collection means they made it to the bigtime. The other essayists, besides Ellison, include Ursula K. LeGuin, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, Joanna Russ, James Sallis, and Kate Wilhelm. If I was going to be judged by the company I kept, I'd try to get into that company.

[Ed]

ISFDB 7273. OCLC 317903431.