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fjtorres · 11-25-2020, 07:30 PM

The stories might be good, but what made the Visions "Dangerous" was that they broke the rules of the establishment...
...circa 1960...
Going where no publisher of the time would let them go.

If it were just the old stories it just might have some historical value for showing what was considered dangerous then.

By now there's a whole new establishment in control and a big chunk of the field is out of the control of any establishment. Breaking rules, old or new, is hardly daring or dangerous or notable.

11-25-2020, 07:30 PM	#2
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	The stories might be good, but what made the Visions "Dangerous" was that they broke the rules of the establishment... ...circa 1960... Going where no publisher of the time would let them go. If it were just the old stories it just might have some historical value for showing what was considered dangerous then. By now there's a whole new establishment in control and a big chunk of the field is out of the control of any establishment. Breaking rules, old or new, is hardly daring or dangerous or notable.