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Last year, I was so inspired by the various Best Of, Must Read, Smashing Science Fiction and Fantasy lists I encountered around the net that I decided to make my own book list, books chosen entirely on the basis of merit and significance to the field . People enjoyed the first list so much that I perpetrated sequels. I posted a number of lists, each twenty books long, each selected entirely on the basis of merit and significance to the field (ahem). Here, at last, the quintessence of Nicoll lists, comprising the books I would most heartily recommend. Each entry is annotated with a short description that I hope will explain why I picked it.
An Interrupted Duel by Marcus Stone (c. 1868)
One could handle a personal conflict with diplomacy, which might be boring (too much talking) and involve some compromises on your part. Or one could just challenge the other person to a duel. This is expeditious, but much riskier. You might face murder charges…or you might find yourself losing said duel. People who come in second in a duel do not get a silver medal.
If you’re taking the expeditious route, perhaps it would be better to hire a professional duellist, as many people, both real and fictitious, have done. Here are five fictitious characters who dueled for pay (or in one case, for honour).
Artist Rowena Morrill, 76, died February 11, 2021 following years of poor health. Morrill was one of the most prominent artists in the field, with an active career that spanned decades. Some of her work has been collected in Hugo Award finalist
The Fantastic Art of Rowena (1983) and
The Art of Rowena (2000).
Born September 14, 1944, Morrill graduated from the University of Delaware in 1971 with an art degree and attended the Tyler School of Arts MFA program (though she left before completing the degree). She moved to New York, where she worked in advertising. She soon began her career as a cover artist, starting in romance, and did her first genre cover for