Zitat des Tages von Gardner Dozois:
An experienced slush-pile reader doesn't need more than a few seconds to see if a story has potential. You don't need to eat all of a rotten egg to determine that it's rotten.
I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
When I first started editing a 'Year's Best' volume in the '70s, the job was pretty straightforward - there were three or four monthly magazines to read and a few original anthologies from trade publishers every year.
