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Boucher and McComas
" Boucher and McComas, however, were less enthusiastic, faulting the book for being " simply padded, occasionally with startlingly ingenious gimmickry,.
Boucher and McComas praised Chronicles as " a poet's interpretation of future history beyond the limits of any fictional form ".
Boucher and McComas gave The Illustrated Man a mixed review, faulting the framing story as " markedly ineffective " and the story selection for seeming " less than wisely chosen.
Boucher and McComas found the novel to be " a fine example of serious pulp science fiction .".
Boucher and McComas characterized The Puppet Masters as " a thunderously exciting melodrama of intrigue ", noting that Heinlein displayed " not only his usual virtues of clear logic, rigorous detail-work, and mastery of indirect exposition ", but also unexpected virtues like " a startling facility in suspense devices a powerful ingenuity in plotting ".
Boucher and McComas characterized Beyond This Horizon as among " the finest science fiction novels of the modern crop .".
" Boucher and McComas named it among the best sf novels of 1951, characterizing it as " more mature than most ' adult ' science fiction .".
" Boucher and McComas praised it for its " good character-development, rousing adventure-telling, and brilliant creation of several forms of extra-Terrestrial life.
" Boucher and McComas named Farmer " just about the only mature science fiction novel of the year, describing it as " a magnificently detailed study of the technological and human problems of interplanetary colonization.
Boucher and McComas praised the 1950 edition as Heinlein " at his superlative best .".
" Boucher and McComas, however, described the collection as " mpressive in its time, and important in the development of modern science fiction ," but found it highly uneven, " with pages worthy of the mature 1954 Heinlein.
Boucher and McComas praised it as " easily the most plausible, carefully detailed picture of an interplanetary future we will encounter in any year ".
Boucher and McComas, however, were more sceptical, finding fault with the novel's " curious imbalance between its large-scale history and a number of episodic small-scale stories.
Boucher and McComas praised it, saying " rarely have the details of collapse been treated with such detailed plausibility and human immediacy, and never has the collapse been attributed to such an unusual and terrifying source .".
Boucher and McComas praised Eric Brighteyes, saying that " nothing has been written in English that matches this complete comprehension of the blend of the fury and mysticism that was that greatest of anomalies, the Viking.
Boucher and McComas found the first installments of the series " a most misguided venture, well below juvenile TV or comic book average in crudity of prose, construction, character and ideas.
Boucher and McComas were disappointed by the novel, saying that despite Asimov's good ideas, " his heavy treatment and routine plot are disappointing.
Reviewing the 1953 American edition for a genre audience, Boucher and McComas were unsympathetic.
Boucher and McComas, however, found it " competent enough writing and thinking, if on the dull side .".
" Boucher and McComas, however, were disappointed by it, saying that while the stories it was based on were first-rate, the novel-length expansion had become " talkative, oversimplified, lacking in suspense or conflict, and, in short, just not adding up to an adequate novelistic treatment of a splendidly stated theme.
" Boucher and McComas, however, panned the volume, declaring that " Anyone with a nodding acquaintance with Gibbon, Breasted, or Prescott will find no new concepts save the utterly incomprehensible ones contained in the author's own personal science of ' psycho-history '.
" Boucher and McComas named it to their " year's best " list, describing it as " Human, satirical, and excisting ;.
It began as The Magazine of Fantasy ( Fall 1949 ), with Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas as editors.
Boucher was writing radio scripts in the late 1940s, but he left dramatic radio in 1948, as he explained to William F. Nolan, " mainly because I was putting in a lot of hours working with J. Francis McComas in creating what soon became The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.
In actuality, four years passed as Boucher and McComas attempted to launch their magazine of fantasy and supernatural stories.

Boucher and named
** A French goldsmith working in Budapest named Guillaume Boucher is captured by the Mongols and taken to Karakorum.
As a critic of art, his recommendation of a young artist named François Boucher appeared in a design memorandum Bachaumont presented the duc de Bouillon, who was occupied with renovating interiors at the Château de Navarre in Normandy, in 1730: " he is very quick, works fast and is not expensive ".
Rufus D. Hayes of Baton Rouge became the first insurance commissioner, and Drayton Boucher of Webster Parish was named over voting machines until he was replaced by Douglas Fowler of Red River Parish, when Boucher decided not to run for the office in the 1959-1960 election cycle.
Another Long confidante, former legislator Drayton Boucher of Springhill and later Baton Rouge, was named as interim " custodian of voting machines " from 1958 – 1959, only to be replaced by still another ally, Douglas Fowler of Coushatta, who won the position when it became an elective office in 1960.
The annual Anthony Boucher Memorial World Mystery Convention was named in his honor.
After game 2 of the conference quarterfinals against the Buffalo Sabres, Boucher was named the starter for the Flyers.
His second season came with just as much success, as Boucher notched 77 points in 65 games with Granby and the Laval Titan, once again being named a second-team All-Star.
Since Scott Niedermayer, one of two defensemen on the starting lineup chosen by the fans, was injured at the time, Western All-Star coach Barry Trotz named Boucher on the starting lineup as Niedermayer's replacement.
It is named in honour of writer, reviewer, and editor Anthony Boucher.
Writer Chris Boucher named her after the Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled. Leela appeared in 9 stories ( 40 episodes )
Writer Chris Boucher had submitted a story proposal titled The Mentor Conspiracy which featured a character named Leela which fit Hinchcliffe's and Holmes's ideas.
Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times named Rose the ninth best sidekick of all time, referring to her as " the saucy and smart character who was key to the success of the Russell T Davies relaunch of Doctor Who in 2005 ".
Niverville is named for an 18th century explorer and fur trader – Joseph-Claude Boucher, Chevalier de Niverville.
In Colorado, they were originally named The Ravers, and their roadie, Eric Boucher, later became known as Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys.
Cook was replaced as coach following the season as Boucher named himself head coach.
The team lost eleven of their first thirteen games to start the season and as a result Gerard resigned as coach of the team on December 11, 1934, with Boucher named his replacement.
Former members Ryan Richards, Rich Boucher and Gav Burrough are all currently members of Funeral for a Friend, while Johnny Phillips, who drummed for a previous incarnation of Hondo Maclean named Mongrel, was a founding member of Funeral For A Friend before being replaced by Ryan.
A number of places and streets are named after various members of the Boucher family.
It is named after Pierre Boucher, an early Canadian settler who studied under and worked with the Jesuit missions in Georgian Bay.

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