tphile wrote:
> On Feb 6, 6:18 pm, Butch Malahide <fred.gal...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Feb 6, 4:46 pm, Gene Ward Smith <g...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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>>>> Are there any sf series where professional writing plays a
>>>> "significant", not necessarily dominant or featured, but a
>>> good-sized
>>>> ****tion to be noticeable part of the story?
>>> Typewriter in the Sky, for one.
>> That's a standalone novel, the OP wanted series. If we open it up to
>> individual short stories, there must be hundreds about professional
>> writers. For instance:
>>
>> "Reader, I Hate You!" by Henry Kuttner
>> "All Good BEMs" by Fredric Brown
>> "Transfer Point" by Anthony Boucher
>> "The Traveling Crag" by Theodore Sturgeon
>> "A Lack of Verisimilitude" by Walt Sheldon
>> "Who's Cribbing?" by Jack Lewis
>>
>> The hero of Fredric Brown's "What Mad Universe" is a magazine editor.
>> Mostly not about the writing/editing business, but the opening scene
>> shows him at work on editing the letter column of his magazine, and
>> later he tries to rewrite and sell a couple of his own old unpublished
>> stories to his counterpart in the alternate universe.
>
> then there is Browns Martian Go Home with a writer as a main
> character
> who believes he is responsible for the martians.
>
> Scherezade certainly made a living at telling serial stories.
>
> The problem with writer stories is that you gotta get them away from
> the
> keyboard for some action. Unlike professions like Bartending
> Even though writing novels is an excellent profession cover for a
> Superhero
> secret Identity.
>
> I can't think of the title but isn't there a Hambly or Duane novel
> that has a magician
> at a computer work station?
>
>
> tphile
Yes, there is a duology by Barbara Hambly with this happening: _The
Silent Tower_ and _The Silicon Mage_.
Medrith
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