Robert Sheckley
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 28 April 2008 19:01 (fifteen years ago) link
semi-obscure pulp authors i wish to post quotes from
Perhaps tonight the question raised on this thread will finally be answered.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 28 April 2008 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
i have now realised that 'the red brain' and 'jirn left unguarded etc etc' are both in this anthology, perhaps even adjacent in it:
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/t0/t10.jpg
and somehow i'd lumped them into one story. hm.
― thomp, Monday, 28 April 2008 20:18 (fifteen years ago) link
man the frank belknap long story i was going to quote from on that thread was INTENSE
this is gonna be good, people!!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 12:30 (fifteen years ago) link
well i still have no idea what the story is that i was thinkin of
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 1 May 2008 15:26 (fifteen years ago) link
it's not vonnegut, is it?
― thomp, Friday, 2 May 2008 11:18 (fifteen years ago) link
actually i think it's next to vonnegut in an anthology i have � harvey jacobs?
here is a lovely drawing by mervyn peake:
http://www.noosfere.org/showcase/IMAGES/nw_6904.jpg
sadly, it is illustrating 'a boy and his dog'.
― thomp, Friday, 2 May 2008 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
mark wanted to talk about "a boy and his dog" earlier in the series but i think he never did
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 2 May 2008 11:35 (fifteen years ago) link
no wait again — it is vonnegut! 'unready to wear'
― thomp, Friday, 2 May 2008 11:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Cool picture. Probably best to steer clear of that story- the notoriously litigious author might have shut your podcast down.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Friday, 2 May 2008 12:59 (fifteen years ago) link
YES it is unready to wear! thank you thomp!!
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 2 May 2008 13:43 (fifteen years ago) link