(Re-reading) The Ray Bradbury Companion, by William Nolan (1975)

With A magnificent several page Intro by Mr. B!

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Originally posted by RascalJones:
Anyway, I still have lots of Ray to read, and look forward to chatting it up here.

You rascal you!

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday I'm reading The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales). He is a favorite of Mr. B's. If I were a drinking man I'd be opening a Cask of Amontillado and raising a glass to both men.

jkt, Have you read the stories I've often recommended, i.e. "The Spectacles", "Some Words With A Mummy", and "The 2002nd Tale of Scheherezade"?

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Originally posted by Braling II:
jkt, Have you read the stories I've often recommended, i.e. "The Spectacles", "Some Words With A Mummy", and "The 2002nd Tale of Scheherezade"?

Yes sir, I have.

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Originally posted by jkt:
In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 200th birthday I'm reading The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales). He is a favorite of Mr. B's. If I were a drinking man I'd be opening a Cask of Amontillado and raising a glass to both men.

Indeed, a good sherry goes very well with Poe, or Lovecraft, or Clark Ashton Smith. Both Ashton Smith and Ray Bradbury go well with a glass or two of red wine. From time to time.

Currently (re)reading:
The Martian Chronicles
various short stories of Clark Ashton Smith
"Gosh! Wow!" (4SJ's 80's sci-fi anthology)
Everything I can find by Leigh Brackett
the "Northwest Smith" tales of C. L. Moore
"The Long Goodbye"

Cask of the Amontillado - one of world literature's all time greatest short stories. "The" Ultimately ironic story, as there never was ANY "Amontillado!"

"In pace requiescat."

"The Areas of My Expertise" by John Hodgman.
Funny stuff!

Currently reading 'after the quake,' a wonderful collection of stories by the Japanese writer Haruki Murakami.
I am rationing 'We'll Always Have Paris' to one story a night (and would be interested to hear some opinions on this book).

Went to the book lauch for Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven's newest book, 'Escape from Hell,' The long awaited sequel to their 'Inferno.' "Think Dante meets Vatican II," says Pournelle.

Blood and Ice by Robert Masello

A horror/mystery/thriller in the spirit of The Thing

Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Frankenstein; My Antonia; All Quiet on the Western Front; Leading with Soul: An Uncommon Journey of Spirit; Cannery Row ~ (just finished last night - "What A party!!")

I picket up a copy of Poul Anderson short stories compiled by his widow, Karen. One heck of long title: the collected short works of Poul Anderson Volume 1: Call Me Joe

The Associate by John Grisham.

One Nation Under Dog by Michael Schaffer