| Alright, finished More Than Human by Sturgeon. It was great! I highly recommend it to anyone. A couple times throughout, I was like, where is this all going. Sturgeon brought all the loose ends of the story together brilliantly weaving an almost zen like story full of rich human emotions and subtle nuggets of wisdom. Now for something completely different, time out from sci-fi. I started The Waves by Virginia Woolf. Next I will finish I Sing The Body Electric. Been putting it on the back burner too long, it's simmered enough.
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| Grass, The other day at the bookstore(I now work at, scarily for me because of my love of books and easy access to them now) I ran across an anthology The Greatest Treasury of Fantasy. It is 1981, and it has Sturgeon and Bradbury in it. Here is the kicker and why I bought it, with my discount for almost nothing(1.75), it has The Dark Ferris by Ray in it. I read it right off and granted it is rough and not near as good as the book Something Wicked eventually became, but what a foundation and not bad for a twenty seven year old rookie writer. Remember, it originally was sitting with its brothers and sisters, like The Lake, The Dwarf, The Wind etc! I want to read The Killdozer too. I remember the movie was creepy when I saw it as a kid.
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| Yes correct. It served as the basis of Something Wicked This Way Comes. I wish that book Dark Carnival would come my way at the bookstore. On most sites, it averages as being sold for around $200.00-$300.00. I'd snatch that baby up and try and get it signed. Just finished Virginia Woolf's, The Waves. Was not that great, I will try a different one some day. I'm back on I Sing The Body Electric, halfway through. Next, The Caves Of Steel, by Asimov. [This message has been edited by Robot Lincoln (edited 06-11-2006).]
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| Cool, I remember the movie being creepy but not much else about it. Now I'm anxious to read it. I really liked More Than Human alot. The end was spectacular. I think he is known for his fabulous endings where everything is finalized with a bang. I liked his style and everything. I think even Bradbury envied him somewhat at one point early in his career.
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| Just finished I Sing The Body Electric. I loved it, especially Lost City Of Mars! We are going to Fla., so have decided to read Joseph Conrad's Tales of the Sea. Then will read Caves of Steel, then Bradbury'd Halloween Tree which I have never read before. This is a prolific and potent thread you started, Grasstains. Its one of the best ones bar none!
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| I read that too! I love Dylan, he is a good writer. Is he going to continue it? From what I remember, it only went about halfway through his life. Did you see that documentary on him by Scorsacy(?)? The one that came out earlier this year, which I thought was awesome. I taped it off pbs.
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