Eep!

[altivo]

The January/February issue of Anthro is now online. As always, it has some good stuff in it. But the thing that made me jump was a review of Bad Dog Books' ROAR volume 1 by none other than Fred Patten himself. The grand old man of furry fiction says this about my story, which appears in that volume:

The best story from an anthro viewpoint is the first, A Close Port of Call, by Altivo Overo. When zebra dockmaster Mark Partine of Valden 4’s orbital space station meets visiting lion spaceship Captain Teftawn, he discovers that his ancestral instincts against predators are stronger than he realized. Should Partine consciously ignore them as atavistic and unrealistic, or is Teftawn really a threat to himself and his space station? This story makes good use of the bioengineered characters’ original natures.

Maybe I shouldn't feel so bad about rejections after all.

Comments

[dongstyle-ltd.livejournal.com]

Wow! I too am in awe.

There's the so time-worn sayings about writing and rejections, which one should I quote? Maybe none, for they seem to have amalgamated in an incoherent jumble in my head, 'sides I'm sure you're familiar with them, heh.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Of course it's also true that he had some unkind words for some of the other work in the volume, so in fact being singled out as the "best" may be rather faint praise. ;p

[dongstyle-ltd.livejournal.com]

Or maybe even stronger praise, for he had nought but good things to say about yours! 8D

[altivo.livejournal.com]

There is that, I guess. I'm just pleased to be mentioned by name. ;D