Talk:Science Fantasy (magazine)

To do
-- Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 01:46, 7 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Rewrite lead
 * Reorg for sequence and flow
 * Reread and copyedit
 * Work in Pratchett reference in flow

Comments on copyedit

 * thanks for the copyedit -- this is not an article that sees much traffic so it's great to have someone improve it. I would like to retain some way to contrast Carnell dropping the existing non-fiction features but adding one new non-fiction feature.  Without something like a "though" it seems odd to say "Carnell dropped the non-fiction features and published a series of guest editorials": the reader ought to feel that the writer is aware that these two things are in opposition.  Would a "but" work? Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 01:07, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Does it work with "instead"? Perhaps I overthink these things but I always feel that with "though" or "although" it introduces a (usually false) implication of causality. "Although I am a husband, I am also a father" --> "I am a husband and a father." --The Huhsz (talk) 17:23, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, that does it -- thanks. It's not overthinking -- I think it's lazy writing to put in false comparisons, and I do have to edit them out of my own writing (or have someone else go through as you have done).  "However" and "though" have legitimate uses, but they get overused. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 18:39, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Many thanks for the cordial interaction, and for writing this beautiful article about a subject that is very dear to my heart. As a child I read a lot of SF including stories and certainly authors from this magazine. The article tells an interesting story very economically and effectively. Thank you. --The Huhsz (talk) 20:03, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I write these articles hoping that someone will come along who enjoys them; I really appreciate you taking the time to say so.  I've written many other articles about sf magazines (they're listed on my user page) and you might find some of those interesting.  Like you, I read plenty of sf when I was young -- still do, occasionally. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 01:14, 6 October 2019 (UTC)