Influence On SF Genre
In addition to his influence as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club, Nicoll often offers ideas and concepts to other writers, primarily through the medium of Usenet. After winning the 2006 Locus Award for his novella Missile Gap, Charles Stross thanked him, writing that Nicoll "came up with the original insane setting — then kindly gave me permission to take his idea and run with it."
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