I'd likely rate the Varley at 3 stars, by memory.more My four-star rating is 3.5 stars rounded up for the Delany. There is an old MP3 of a 1967 radio broadcast online. It's been many years since I last read it, but in essence it's a blue-collar story of a starship mechanic who takes in a stray & trains him in the trade. I think my favorite Delany is his "The Star Pit" (1967), which was nominated for the Hugo for Best Novella in the following year. Kind of a tear-jerker about a little girl and her pack of dogs, all abandoned on a space station in a decaying orbit. Nominally part of his "Anna-Louise Bach" alti-verse, but she makes no appearance iirc. "Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo" (1986) won the Seiun award in Japan, and was second runner-up for the Locus award for Best Novella. Neither appears to be online, except for a radio-show version of the Delany. The Tor Double format is convenient, but both stories have been widely reprinted elsewhere. Kind of a tear-jerker about a little girl and her pack of dogs, all abandon These are both very good novellas.
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The scientific concept would have fit well in Campbell's Analog, and the characters are great examples of the New Wave of the time he meshes the two seemingly disparate concepts masterfully, and it becomes a terrific short read.more Delany is from 1967, quite early in his career, and is an excellent genre science fiction story, before he became a high literary figure. I recognize it as very well crafted, but can't say that I enjoyed it. Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo by John Varley is quite good, perhaps his best work, but maddeningly depressing.
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