10 January 2009, 11:40 PM
PeejiePlease i.d. this story
Hi everyone, first time poster here.
I'm pretty sure this is a Bradbury story; I read it in grade school, a short one about a guy who sends an editor a manuscript, but the editors accuse him of plagiarizing a "famous" author that the protagonist has never heard of. He asks the editors to name even one story that the famous author (whom he's supposedly plagiarized) has written, but no one can. In the end, the guy thinks he may actually be the author they're thinking of, even though he's never published a work, because he's either time travelled or had some weird link to the famous author. I'm a little shady on the details about the protagonist's connection to the other author, but I think that's it. Does that sound like Bradbury to anyone? I'm having a devil of a time with it.
11 January 2009, 09:26 AM
Nard Kordell Bradbury Meter:Bradbury: 0.2%
11 January 2009, 10:31 AM
NicoBy a very long stretch of the imagination he might mean "Quid Pro Quo".
11 January 2009, 03:45 PM
Braling IIIs that the one about Tom Wolfe?
11 January 2009, 06:51 PM
PeejieIt definitely wasn't quid pro quo...there's no actual time traveler, just an author who suspects time travel or psychic connection with the famous author for whom no extant literature exists. I thought it was Bradbury but if the "Bradbury meter" is that low, I'll have to redirect my search. But thank you for taking the time.
13 January 2009, 05:57 AM
fjp451Classic: What is E.G. Robinson being fed by C. Heston?
http://users.telenet.be/israpales/blog/twist_soylent.jpg13 January 2009, 06:39 AM
NicoPeople?
13 January 2009, 08:12 AM
fjp451Not people!
13 January 2009, 07:49 PM
Braling IIIt's been a VERY long time, but was it jam?
14 January 2009, 05:37 AM
fjp451...what flavor?
15 January 2009, 04:59 PM
Braling IIAgain, I haven't seen this for I don't know how many years, but if memory serves, strawberry?