"The Meeting" is a 1972 science fiction short story by American writer Frederik Pohl, based on an unfinished draft by Cyril M. Kornbluth.introduction to "The Meeting" in "Platinum Pohl"; published 2007 by Macmillan Publishers, via Google Books It was first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction;The Meeting, at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database; retrieved December 17, 2016 an audio version was read by Bradley Denton.The Meeting, published September 26, 2011; retrieved December 17, 2016
Synopsis
Harry and Margaret Vladek have a son with severe developmental disabilities. They are offered the chance to have his brain replaced with that of a cognitively normal child who was killed in an accident.
Reception
"The Meeting" won the 1973 Hugo Award for Best Short Story,1973 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved December 17, 2016 tied with R. A. Lafferty's "Eurema's Dam". Lafferty subsequently described "The Meeting" as "one of the worst stories ever written by anybody, anywhere", and stated that "out of common decency" he would not name it.My interview with R.A. Lafferty, by Tom Jackson; originally published in Lan's Lantern #39 (1991); published in the Sandusky Register, January 16, 2015; retrieved December 17, 2016
References
External links The Meeting at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database