From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 19/10/2025 19.21, Tony Nance wrote:   
   > On 10/18/25 9:29 AM, Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   >> On 30/09/2025 15.11, Tony Nance wrote:   
   >>> Highlights and Lowlights - August-September 2025   
   >>   
   >>> Now Reading:   
   >>> Long work - I don’t know   
   >>> Collection - A Logic Named Joe - Leinster   
   >>   
   >> I never knew that there was a collection with this title. What do you have   
   >> to say about the other works in it?   
   >>   
   >   
   > I've been in a reading slump for 2-3 months now, and haven't made much   
   progress. What I have read is very good. I simply like how Leinster (Jenkins)   
   writes, and most of his stuff doesn't feel dated to me - which is kind of   
   amazing considering how old    
   it is.   
   >   
   > You're very likely familiar with the title story. It's 24 pages long, as is   
   the second story, Dear Charles.   
   >   
   > As Titus mentioned, Dear Charles is a comedy, in which a descendant from   
   nearly 1500 years in the future is writing to his ancestor, explaining   
   (amongst other things) why it's fine that he is stealing his girl. Pretty good.   
   >   
   > I am currently enjoying Gateway to Elsewhere (156 pages). It's kind of a   
   romp/adventure in which a young contemporary man (contemporary to 1952) uses a   
   coin from a parallel earth to guide him to that other place. Once there he   
   finds himself caught    
   between the humans and the djinn who are in conflict. It's very enjoyable so   
   far.   
      
   This sounds interesting, so I've added it to my list.   
      
   > I have not yet read the final three stories[1], but I'm looking forward to   
   them.   
   >   
   > Tony   
   > [1] The Duplicators(162 pages), The Fourth-Dimensional Demonstrator 20   
   pages), The Pirates of Zan (207 pages; aka The Pirates of Ersatz)   
      
    From these page counts, I was able to guess (and the ISFDB confirmed)   
   that this is a fairly recent collection. Somehow, I just coulnd't see   
   a collection from the 1940s or 1950s including stories of those lengths.   
      
   --   
   Michael F. Stemper   
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