PO Box 153 - Lines from letters.

                            PO Box 153

                        LINES FROM LETTERS

   Yuliy Burkin (Tomsk):

   The review was interesting to read. Berezhnoy is smart.
Everything is correct. Except for the little things. "Little things": 1. The subtitle of "Auto-
biographies" is not a "fairy tale", but a "fairy tale"; in the word "fairy tale" there is 
something Soviet-ironic, and I would never allow myself to use
use it as a subtitle to lyrical and philosophical
Sky parable. But Berezhnoy not only made a mistake, but also claims that
the word "fairy tale" is "quite appropriate." What does this mean? Oh
that the reviewer, although he praises the novel, doesn’t say a damn thing about it
got it. And this is, most likely, why he praises - so as not to be branded
a fool. 2. Berezhnoy walks around the “negativity” and, as an example,
drives "Rock and Roll is Dead". But if he took the trouble to think
mother, he would have discovered that all this negativity is "Rock and Roll" and o-
limited; this is a really weak thing, and I regret that I conceded-
drank Alana Kubatieva (I suggested putting "Spots" instead
thunderstorms"). 3. The main thing. The emphasis in the review is on ideas, not on 
dogestvennye features. I think upbringing affects the translation
Yes, where language is a means of communication, nothing more. But the idea is
literature has one thing - the struggle between good and evil, light and darkness, progress
with a reaction... The books differ only in the embodiment of this idea. Co-
Roche, Berezhnoy is smart, but notTynyanov. And for his kind words
thank you.
   Now I will allow myself a review. To your magazine. You guys can-
boaters and devotees. But! As a professional journalist with the corresponding
education, work experience, up to the city editor
Russian press organ, I will say: your work is extremely unprofessional.
First of all, this concerns the genre structure of the entire magazine and the
the general vagueness of individual materials. (About the registration of the complaint
Well, this, I understand, little depends on you). So here it is. More than half
The magazine is filled with letters, all on the same topic. And they never stop
repeat each other. And also “answers” to the questionnaire, that is, in the genre
in a sense, these are letters again. Why the hell is this necessary? Would we-
It would be much better if one of you took the trouble and courage to
review letters on the topic "Wanderer". And the skill of the reviewer
It would have appeared here if, firstly, none of the authors of the
even monologues, he wouldn’t be offended that he was “knocked”, since he saw
would be that the main thing from his letter is present in the article and even
shines brightly; secondly, if the reviewer were eventually able to
come to some constructive conclusion...And so, “these letters are
married" can be printed for another hundred years without any sense.
   I won’t lie, everything is read with interest. But that's only because
that you are the only printed organ of the party. But if you call
were a “magazine” and not a “fandom battle sheet”, pleasecorrespond.


   Natalya Rezanova (Nizhny Novgorod):

   There was an inaccuracy in the information, which obviously
It’s not you who are to blame, but the organizing committee for the Belyaev Prize. "Captain Ulde-
world" by V. Mikhailov is not a trilogy, but a tetralogy, and, accordingly, 
"The Lord" is not her final book. Above the final 
(“Return to the Elephant”) V.D. it's working now. 


   Alexander Didenko (Nikolaev):

   About the Interpresscon Prize. Unlike Perumov, I do not consider her
the most democratic. Given the current situation in the country and books
In government publishing, many things remain somewhere outside the reader’s field of vision.
I am sure that at Sidorkon there was not a single person who
absolutely everyone from the nomination list. Personally, after receiving this
list, I discovered that I had read only one work from it.
tion. And only then, by hook or by crook, I tried to get
accept everything that is indicated in the nominations. To date I have read
about one third. And how can I choose the best piece?
I think someone has already given an example: out of ten who read the first
Eight people give the work its first place, while another
the novel (the same "Odysseus") is heard all the time and out of fifty chi-
Twelve of those who took first place put him in first place. And here is your winner.
Therefore, it is necessary to take into account the number of people who read the data.
new work. Or you can follow the path of the “Great Ring” by putting
points to everyone andcalculating the average score. Despite the fact that on Sidorkon
the elite gathers, the result will be much more objective. B
In general, the system for determining the laureate needs to be changed. How - it's not
It's up to me to decide.


   Gennady Prashkevich (Novosibirsk):

   In a note about me in "TWO HUNDRED"..."Spy" - such a cycle in my
no. There is a series “Notes of an Industrial Spy” (another title
nie - "False feat"). And it doesn’t include five, like yours
indicated, but ten stories. And they were not published in “collections and
magazines" and published as separate books. Well, there’s also a re-release
were somewhere...


   Alexander Morozov (Krasnoyarsk):

   I’d really like to talk about the state of affairs in the design of fantasy
tics. I would support the conversation, although I’m not a master of writing, but I need
the bait of a professional journalist - come on, gentlemen, sorr-
doctors. I will pray to God forever!


   Maxim Sterligov (St. Petersburg):

   Wow! And I thought everyone knew Yura Fleishman. And Igor Vsevolo-
Dovich Mozheiko, it turns out, doesn’t know! 


   Igor Khalymbadzha (Ekaterinburg):

   "Aelita-95" will still take place on the last weekend of May and sec-
science fiction section will be dedicated to the memory of V.I. Bugrov (re-
mentioning him and so on...)
   And most importantly, the nomination list for the award is already being formed
"Start-95" (based on the results of 1994). Already now in the nominations "Star- 
that" books by Y. Burkin, G. L. Oldie, Y. Shcherbatykh and others. Looks like 1994 
the year will be veryvery productive...