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What Are You Reading? II
30 August 2010, 12:41 PM
jktWhat Are You Reading? II
My copy of THE NEW RAY BRADBURY REVIEW, SECOND EDITION arrived today. You'll notice that among the people invovled is our own PhilNic...
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
31 August 2010, 01:23 PM
april-witchJust finished reading "Golden Apples of the Sun", yesterday and immediately started "She's Come Undone" by Wally Lamb. I'm enjoying it, so far.
01 September 2010, 09:51 AM
philnicquote:
Originally posted by jkt:
My copy of THE NEW RAY BRADBURY REVIEW, SECOND EDITION arrived today. You'll notice that among the people invovled is our own PhilNic...
Yes indeed, although ironically I had more involvement with issue number 1!
01 September 2010, 06:08 PM
jktquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
quote:
Originally posted by jkt:
My copy of THE NEW RAY BRADBURY REVIEW, SECOND EDITION arrived today. You'll notice that among the people invovled is our own PhilNic...
Yes indeed, although ironically I had more involvement with issue number 1!
Both editions show great attention to detail and add to our knowledge of the thought processes of the master.
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
04 September 2010, 02:45 PM
Braling III just listened to "Winesburg" on tape, read by the great George Guidall.
Pretty good, and I can see some inspiration for Dandelion wine, but pretty sad. After the first few chapters, every time a character was introduced I thought, "What will be this person's hangup or dark secret?"
04 September 2010, 08:28 PM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by Braling II:
I just listened to "Winesburg" on tape, read by the great George Guidall.
Pretty good, and I can see some inspiration for Dandelion wine, but pretty sad. After the first few chapters, every time a character was introduced I thought, "What will be this person's hangup or dark secret?"
I know! Reading it now, and it's
very down, but quite well-written. And I can
so see the influence on
DW, but particularly
TMC.
"Live Forever!"
07 September 2010, 05:40 PM
Braling IIInteresting.
How, particularly, do you see the influence on Martian Chronicles; other than the strung-together-vignette structure?
07 September 2010, 06:10 PM
Doug Spauldingquote:
Originally posted by Braling II:
Interesting.
How, particularly, do you see the influence on Martian Chronicles; other than the strung-together-vignette structure?
That's pretty much how. The way it's written is just like
TMC! The style is almost identical.
"Live Forever!"
09 September 2010, 07:11 PM
Braling IIHis structure, yes, but his style, or what I think of as style, I find quite different from Mr. B's.
Oh, there are similarities, but Bradbury has that knack of transporting us (comparing Winesburg with DW now) by just those few perfectly chosen and arranged words...
12 October 2010, 10:50 AM
jktThe nice postal worker just brought me a beautiful boxed edition of "The Machineries of Joy" signed by Ray and Neil Gaiman. (#74...)
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
12 October 2010, 01:49 PM
Braling IILucky you, JKT!
(For those of you my age, a "postal worker" is a "mailman".)
13 October 2010, 12:42 AM
philnic(For those of you in my country, a "postal worker" is a "postman". Or a "postie", if you want to avoid sexist nomenclature!)
13 October 2010, 05:38 AM
fjp451....as long as one does not go "Postal!"
13 October 2010, 10:20 AM
jktquote:
Originally posted by philnic:
(For those of you in my country, a "postal worker" is a "postman". Or a "postie", if you want to avoid sexist nomenclature!)
I should have used the accepted castrated phrase "letter carrier" but it was a box the book was delivered in so postal worker seemed more approprite. I prefer to use "mailman" "postman" or "lady mailman."
John King Tarpinian
You know what you are, Mr. Bradbury? ... You are a poet! -- Aldous Huxley
13 October 2010, 11:18 AM
Doug SpauldingSince most of our letter carriers have been of the fairer gender, I prefer "femail".
Nomenclature is, of course, a good word.
"Live Forever!"