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This thread allows me to mention a couple of really good poets I actually know. Tyree Daye is a wonderful poet. He teaches at UNC. He is also such a nice person. Meg Day teaches at NC State. Again, a talented poet and nice person.

Some of the stuff on this thread. Wow.

But it's all about antisemitism.

I have never read that.

I saw part of it on PBS once and thought, what I saw, was really good.

Two of my favorites.

I'll check those out and give him another try. Thanks.

I like The Forever Peace too.

I'm a big Bester fan so I like that story a lot. You probably already know this, but Bester is the writer who first wrote the Green Lantern oath: "In brightest day, in blackest night, no evil shall escape my sight. Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"

Cool. I will read that.

I tried to get into Ringo but had a hard time.

Absolutely!! Yes, it does echo "The Cold Equations." Kessel writes what some term speculative fiction. He wrote a great book about lunar colonies called "The Moon and the Other."

I also would be remiss if I didn't mention The Forever War by Joe Haldeman. He wrote it after serving in Vietnam so it has parallels to that experience.

I highly recommend the novella "Think Like a Dinosaur" by James Patrick Kelly, and the novel "Corrupting Dr. Nice" (a time travel screwball comedy) by John Kessel.

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