Re: Censoring in SLoCAS
Posted by:
Kyberean (IP Logged)
Date: 5 February, 2004 07:31PM
I'm with Jim here, and would add that I find CAS to be a fascinating person, indeed (I wouldn't tar him with the phrase "human being" ;-) ).
As for the cover art, I think that CAS's carvings and sculptures are vastly better than his paintings, and I rather like this dust jacket. For an example of a catastrophic cover, look no farther than that of The Last Oblivion. Let's hope that the Hippocampus Press editors come to their senses and, for a future edition of this work, substitute a painting by, say, John Martin or Zdzislaw Beksinski, that does justice to CAS's vision, instead.
No one asked, of course ;-), but my only complaint about the Selected Letters is that there are too many errors and omissions in the index. That quibble aside, I treasure the volume. One of my favorite previously unread letters is the one to Donald Wandrei advising him about how to deal with women, in general, and how to handle one, in particular (Helen Sully, I'm guessing, but, of course, I may be mistaken).