A TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the Science Fiction author and writer of Westerns G.C. EDMONDSON, to his friend and colleague Science Fiction author REGINALD BRETNOR, offering his belated sympathies on the d

Name: A TYPED LETTER SIGNED by the Science Fiction author and writer of Westerns G.C. EDMONDSON, to his friend and colleague Science Fiction author REGINALD BRETNOR, offering his belated sympathies on the d
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Author: (Bretnor, Reginald). Edmondson, G.C. (1922-1995). Science Fiction author who also wrote Westerns under several pseudonyms.

by (Bretnor, Reginald). Edmondson, G.C. (1922-1995). Science Fiction author who also wrote Westerns under several pseudonyms.

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San Diego, California, August 17, 1964 through March 16, 1970. [1968]., [1968].. Fine. - A substantial letter dated July 31, 1968 consisting of over 370 words typed on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper with his name & address stamped at the top. Though Reginald Bretnor's wife, Helen Harding, died in 1967, G.C. Edmondson has just heard the news and writes a deeply insightful letter to Bretnor, musing on the subject of death, "I don't know how it happened - one of those inexplicable breakdowns in communications...." "I didn't know she was gone until Hillary dropped by Sunday & told me. And then a moment ago I finally got around to opening the Magazine and saw it again in yr obit to another good and irreplaceable friend." He muses on the death of Bretnor's wife and their friend "AB", "I don't know what to say. Guess there's nothing anyone can say; just turn a fearful glance inward & selfishly hope I go first." Musing about God and death, he writes "When younger I went thru all the phases only to return to an older & darker way. Agnosticism - silly sophistry. When the moment of truth comes, then comes one's ancestral god." "Perhaps years of pain have clouded my thinking but I look forward to the old white whiskered anthropomorph on the seat of judgment. Perhaps in his infinite wisdom & mercy he'll forgive me my sins. And then, maybe I'll get close enough to get my hands on him." "In the dark night of the soul it's comforting to have a god to blame and curse, I su

Publisher: San Diego, California, August 17, 1964 through March 16, 1970. [1968].
Year: 1968

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