Kinnison Quotient:
The imputed Lensworthiness of an author based on the quality of his work. Only brilliant individuals with driving force of personality and unbreakable personal integrity are allowed to wear the Lens of Arisia.My personal subjective standard of excellence in fiction is what I call the Kinnison Test. As longtime sf readers will know, only extremely talented individuals of absolutely complete personal integrity and tremendous force of character--like E.E. "Doc" Smith's protagonist, Kimball Kinnison--can wear the Lens of Arisia. I regard as "Lensman-quality" those novels which give me the feeling that in a parallel universe devoted to defeating the Eddorians by writing excellent novels, the author of the work in question would wear the Lens.
Editor's Recommendations, Summer 1996In this inaugural edition of IBIC's Featured Books, I'd like to draw your attention to several titles which have helped to shape my life and thinking.
|
Comprehensive Table of Contents | Help
Copyright © 1996 Internet Book Information Center, Inc.
Send a Letter to the Editor