The Issue at Hand
Posted by Morgan Holmes on January 31st, 2009 There is no accounting for taste but I am still surprised by reviews and critical essays. I recently bought The Issue at Hand and More Issues at Hand by James Blish. Both of these books are collections of reviews-critical essays written under the pseudonym “William Atheling, Jr.” One essay called “Negative Judgement: Swashbungling, Serie sand Second-Guessing” ran in two fanzines in late 1953-early 1954. The target of the essay itself is a Poul Ander




