SOURCE: Salzman, Eva. “A Finger in Every Cosmic Pie.” Independent (London) (15 May 1993): 30.

In the following review of Greetings from Earth, Salzman comments that Bradfield's stories are imaginative and humorous.

In Dr. Simonson's West Coast office-come-guest room, original Dalis, Braques and Chagalls co-habit with a Marvel comics collection. This is the Land of the Fruitcakes. This is World Headquarters for the Captain Kirk School of Cosmology. This is California—where else?—and Scott Bradfield's territory in his book of short stories—Greetings From Earth. Laugh if you dare, but there's some fairly deep philosophising going on. Bradfield's comedy can be very sad and serious. In “The Wind Box”, Dr. Simonson, in one of many spiritual assaults on the poor David, confides that he too is slightly imperfect: “You probably don't believe this, David, but I have felt great anger and resentment in my life too. I have felt tremendously...