Yes, that’s it! Thank you so much. It’s definitely from that 50′s pulp anthology, which I’m sure is packed away in a box somewhere. The 50′s were great for science fiction when you consider the magnitude of the ideas they loved to deal with… often far more sophisticated and penetrating than the military SF of today or even the time travel or alien encounters of the 80s and 90s.
A Work Of Art, by James Blish. Enjoy..
Yes, that’s it! Thank you so much. It’s definitely from that 50′s pulp anthology, which I’m sure is packed away in a box somewhere. The 50′s were great for science fiction when you consider the magnitude of the ideas they loved to deal with… often far more sophisticated and penetrating than the military SF of today or even the time travel or alien encounters of the 80s and 90s.
Oh yes !
Some of the ideas though—they’re not the sort you would want spread.