Sublime

“Top of the page: the title. Title.” Mr. Dickens mused, head down, rubbing his chin whiskers. “Pip, what’s a rare fine title for a novel that happens half in London, half in Paris?” “A—” I ventured. “Yes?” “A Tale,” I went on. “Yes?!” “A Tale of . . . Two Cities?!” “Madame!” Grandma looked up as he spoke. “This boy is a genius!”

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His first published story was “When the Atoms Failed,” in the January 1930 Amazing. It was a time when the most famous writer in science fiction was Edward Elmer (“Doc”) Smith, who wrote “superscience stories.” Smith was the first writer to feature interstellar travel in his Skylark of Space (August, September, and October 1928 Amazing), and Campbe