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Originally Posted by crich70
lol. Sounds like he really was a character. I've read Helen O'loy many times and enjoyed it. He was a very talented writer. One collection that Helen O'loy appears in is "18 Greatest Science Fiction Stories."
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Yeah, Lester was. He also caused controversy in pro ranks. He'd been an editor for the pulps as well as a writer, and favored more intrusive editing to handle things like "widows and orphans" than may writers were comfortable with. "Now
wait a minute, Lester..." was a common response to him from fellow pros.
In some respects, he reminded me of the late John W. Campbell, editor of Astounding/Analog during its prominent years. Both liked a good argument, and would provoke one if it didn't already exist.
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Dennis