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From: riddle@ut-sally.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle)
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Subject: Re: crossover authors
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Date: Mon, 13-Aug-84 12:13:57 EDT
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There are lots more "crossover authors".  A few who come to mind:

G.K. Chesterton, the eminent British convert to and defender of
Catholicism, wrote a series of murder mysteries which won much praise
from Jorge Luis Borges, among others.  The sleuth at the center of the
stories was a priest named Father Brown, and the solution of each
murder hinged on some metaphysical question (I guess you see why Borges
liked them).

Howard Fast, who may or may not be considered "top-notch", is best
known as a writer of historical fiction of better-than-supermarket
quality.  He has also written a number of science fiction short
stories.  I recall one collection called "The General Zapped an Angel."

The fine South African novelist Doris Lessing has turned to science
fiction in recent years.  I haven't read any of it, though;  would
anyone care to write a short review?

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