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Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy Watch by Fritz Leiber

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Subject: Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy Watch by Fritz Leiber
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by: James Nicoll - Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:42 UTC

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by: Martin - Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:21 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 7:42:41 AM UTC-5, James Nicoll wrote:
> Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy Watch by Fritz Leiber
>
> https://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/midnight-by-the-morphy-watch
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It would be interesting for your readers to compare this to "Unicorn Variation" by Roger Zelazny. I like both stories, but I think the Zelazy would be more appealing to someone who doesn't have a chess background.

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by: Quadibloc - Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:54 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 5:42:41 AM UTC-7, James Nicoll wrote:
> Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy Watch by Fritz Leiber
>
> https://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/midnight-by-the-morphy-watch

Given _subsequent_ events starting with the breakup of Yugoslavia, this story
seems... prophetic.

John Savard

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by: William Hyde - Tue, 1 Mar 2022 21:19 UTC

On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 11:54:31 AM UTC-5, Quadibloc wrote:
> On Monday, February 28, 2022 at 5:42:41 AM UTC-7, James Nicoll wrote:
> > Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy Watch by Fritz Leiber
> >
> > https://youngpeoplereadoldsff.com/story/midnight-by-the-morphy-watch
> Given _subsequent_ events starting with the breakup of Yugoslavia, this story
> seems... prophetic.

As a frequent player at the Toronto chess club in the 70s and 80s, the ugliness of the Yugoslav breakup came as not surprise. Arguments would start in English, get louder, then switch to what we then called Serbo-Croation, with on occasion some Hungarian or German thrown it. The arguments may have begun over chess, but didn't always stay there.

I assume that Leiber had the same experiences, over a longer period.

William Hyde

We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.

arts / rec.arts.sf.written / Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy Watch by Fritz Leiber

Subject	Author
Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy Watch by Fritz Leib	James Nicoll
Re: Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy	Martin
Re: Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy	Quadibloc
Re: Young People Read Old Hugo Finalists: Midnight by the Morphy	William Hyde