Cosmic Editor Award

[BICKMAN MARTIN]

I'm pretty sure the editor was Daniel Aaron of Harvard University, but I 
too forget the author.

Marty Bickman

On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, Paul DiFilippo wrote:

> 
> 
> Sorry not to have specifics on this one, but I'm sure someone
> on the list will know the details:  There was a 20th century
> diarist who led a completely undistingushed life--no fame, no
> "major accomplishments" whatever those might be--and yet this
> person managed to fill litterally scores of volumes with
> literally millions of words on his mundane life.  A selection
> from these diaries was published after his death (past 10
> years, perhaps?).  Doesn't the editor who whittled down this
> plotless heap of quotidian recollection deserve the award?
> 
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