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Leigh Brackett’s Planetary Romances

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Andrew Liptak in Books, Web Sites // 2 Comments

When I was writing about C.L. Moore a couple of weeks ago, I came across a familiar name several times: Leigh Brackett, another female author writing during the Golden Age of SF. She had a fascinating career as both a short story author, novelist and screenwriter.

Want to know more? Read about Leigh Brackett’s Planetary Romances over on Kirkus Reviews.

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Andrew Liptak is a freelance writer and historian from Vermont. He is a 2014 graduate of the Launch Pad Astronomy Workshop, and has written for such places as Armchair General, io9, Kirkus Reviews, Lightspeed Magazine, and others. His first book, War Stories: New Military Science Fiction is now out from Apex Publications, and his next, The Future Machine: The Writers, Editors and Readers who Build Science Fiction is forthcoming from Jurassic London in 2015. He can be found over at www.andrewliptak.com and at @AndrewLiptak on Twitter.

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2 Comments on Leigh Brackett’s Planetary Romances

mbmoe // March 28, 2013 at 11:11 pm //

She’s one of my all-time favorites.
James May // March 29, 2013 at 10:48 pm //

A few of her short stories set on Mars are genuinely touching – a very rare thing for SF adventure pulp fiction. When she was on her game her prose could soar.

“Lean lithe men and women passed him in the shadowy streets, silent as cats except for the chime and whisper of the tiny bells the women wear, a sound as delicate as rain, distillate of all the sweet wickedness of the world.”

Hahah. I like that very much.