{"id":23057,"date":"2017-02-17T09:11:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T14:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=23057"},"modified":"2017-06-08T09:49:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T13:49:13","slug":"nosh-on-deli-with-barry-n-malzberg-in-episode-29-of-eating-the-fantastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/17\/nosh-on-deli-with-barry-n-malzberg-in-episode-29-of-eating-the-fantastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Nosh on deli with Barry N. Malzberg in Episode 29 of Eating the Fantastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

My trip to Manhattan to record episodes of Eating the Fantastic started off with Ellen Datlow<\/a> and a Ukrainian lunch, followed by Craig Engler<\/a> and a BBQ dinner. And now, at the request of this episode’s guest, it’s time for deli at Ben\u2019s New York Kosher Delicatessen.<\/p>\n

My guest loves Ben’s more than any other NYC deli, and who am I to turn down Barry N. Malzberg, who among other things, was winner of the first John W. Campbell Award for his novel Beyond Apollo<\/em>, and both a Hugo and Nebula Award finalist for stories I published when I was the editor of Science Fiction Age<\/em> magazine?<\/p>\n

One unusual aspect to this episode is that it features as mere onlooker a writer deserving of his own episode someday—Paul Di Filippo, who felt compelled to come along and witness this recording. After all, the first of his more than 100 published stories was<\/em> a Malzberg homage!<\/p>\n

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Barry and I discussed why being able to sell his first drafts was so important at the beginning of his writing career, how his debut short story collection came to be published under the pseudonym K. M. O’Donnell, what it was like to edit both Amazing<\/em> and Fantastic<\/em> magazines during the late ’60s, the identity of his greatest discovery during his years at the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, what’s up with the long-promised movie version of Beyond Apollo<\/em>, how Harry Harrison could have (but didn’t) shut down the filming of Soylent Green<\/em>, and more.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how you can nosh with us—<\/p>\n

1) Subscribe at the iTunes store<\/a>, where all 28 previous episodes may also be downloaded.<\/p>\n

2) Download the episode via the show’s RSS feed of http:\/\/eatingthefantastic.libsyn.com\/rss<\/a> to the device of your choice.<\/p>\n

3) Or click to listen right here via the embed below.<\/p>\n