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Thomas Burnett Swann (October 12, 1928 - May 5, 1976) was an American poet, fantasy novelist, and academic.[1]
Life[]
Swann taught English literature at Florida Atlantic University before becoming a full-time writer in the early 1960s.[1]
Swann began writing fiction in 1958 with "Winged Victory", a science fiction story based on the famous headless statue known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace. In Swann's story the statue's head is discovered and found to have been modeled upon an alien visitor whom the sculptor took for a goddess.
Extraterrestrials also feature in "The Painter", in which the painter Hieronymous Bosch is abducted by hideous aliens and forced to paint them, thereby providing the inspiration for the grotesque images in his painting The Garden of Earthly Delights. This and many other early stories appeared in the British magazine Science Fantasy. Some stories also appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (F&SF).
His criticism includes works on the poetry of H.D. and Christina Rossetti.
Swann died of cancer in 1976. Several of his novels were published posthumously.
Writing[]
Poetry[]
Swann's poetry consists largely of short, whimsical pieces evoking a naive innocence. Many of them were later incor
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by Mark Yon
Scenes from England
Hello again!
As I mentioned last month, I now am in the fortunate position of getting two British magazines a month. Both New Worlds and Science Fantasy have returned to monthly issues after being published in alternate months throughout most of 1964.
This doesn’t leave much time for other things this month. However, I can’t resist one update. Since our last article I have had to bite the bullet due to familial pressure and have been dragged along to the cinema to see the 170 minute epic that is My Fair Lady. Given my reluctance about musicals, I must admit, albeit quietly, that it wasn’t bad. Whilst I could make derogatory comments about Rex Harrison’s ‘singing’, Audrey Hepburn was quite charming. It’ll never make me want to see more musicals by choice, but it was tolerable.
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The First Issue At Hand
So: which magazine arrived first? The winner was the January/February 1965 issue of Science Fantasy.
The Editor is particularly pleased to point out that Keith Roberts, who seems to be our current favourite, will return with another Anita story n
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