Talk:Manly Wade Wellman

"Silver" John

I have read all the "John" stories, and Wellman never refered to the character as "Silver John". This was a label dreamed up by his later publishers, after most of the "John" stories had already been written and published. I changed the intro to reflect this.

Also, a "Silver John" story appears in the December 1951 issue of F&SF, available on Internet Archive. So putting him in the 1960s section is inaccurate. 100.15.127.199 (talk) 02:03, 16 July 2019 (UTC)

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Substantial logical inconsistencies

The article includes a quote from Alfred Bester claiming that Wellman had a withered hand or arm. No other mention of this is made anywhere else in the article; indeed, Wellman is described in multiple places as an American football star, farmer, cowboy, laborer, soldier and bouncer, all occupations requiring two functioning hands. The article requires a statement along the lines of “despite his physical handicap, he was able to make a living” in these roles, and information about the cause and treatment of the underlying issue.

Near the end of the article, is it claimed that his health deteriorated due to “the onset of gangrene in his legs following a double amputation”; surely what was meant was “the onset of gangrene in his legs requiring a double amputation”. If gangrene occurred after amputation, (1) he had the basis for a lawsuit that he would have won, and (2) the article requires information about the reason for the amputation since by inference it wasn’t due to gangrene but to some other injury or illness. The cited source is not immediately verifiable as I have no local access to Locus. 2603:9001:4500:1C09:6540:AD88:DF84:1537 (talk) 14:19, 26 October 2024 (UTC)