I want to be more like our master bather!

Hitchhikers worked best as a radio play, its original form. I listened to it in the 70s on what passed for underground radio in Sydney and still remember it fondly. Couldn't agree more with your comments re Dick & Sheckley.

@Scottmbradfield

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I heard that, and got the old radio show for my son one Xmas, which he enjoyed...

@TunaFreeDolphinMeat

4 ай бұрын

Yes. HHF2TG was first a radio play. I rate it better than the books, yet most books written before a film I usually prefer (except films like The Shining)

I’m a big fan of PKD but have never read anything by Robert Sheckley another author who slipped through the net ,I’ve heard good things about him so will keep a lookout for some of his work .Very entertaining as always thanks .

@Scottmbradfield

4 ай бұрын

Thanks as always for the Mojo, Mojo! You should definitely try any Sheckley story collection you come across, he's sort of brilliant... s

Nice shelves

Cheers. Two of my favorite authors. Also, listening to HHG2TG audio version lying down with my eyes closed is better than the books for me.

@Scottmbradfield

4 ай бұрын

Yeah I've heard the radio show is great fun. Just never listened to much of them except a few with my son when he was small. s

Thanks for the readings! I loved the Sheckley quotes.

@Scottmbradfield

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for reminding me, I always believe you need to read a passage of any book or writer you talk about, I just keep forgetting.

@excelsiorathletic

3 ай бұрын

@@Scottmbradfield I used a book token to buy Sheckley's short story collection: 'Store of the worlds.' It was a good read, parts of which reminded me of John Cheever...in Space.

I used to play smash brothers melee professionally. That was awesome to hear

@Scottmbradfield

4 ай бұрын

I played it unprofessionally and it was a lot of fun.

I've been a Dickhead for many years; PKD was my gateway drug to an addiction to weird SF.... Now I'm hooked on Sheckley (irrespective of genre).

@Scottmbradfield

7 күн бұрын

Welcome to the bathtub, Brent! yeah I like both those writers, and CM Kornbluth/Pohl who sometimes seems quite an influence on both of them... s

@BrentDavis75

7 күн бұрын

@@Scottmbradfield Thank you! (Will check out Kornbluth & Pohl.)

yer so awesome "Sheckley never wrote a bad sentence of paragraph", you're so kind

always something to gleen, I did not know that Dick's short works were better than his novels. I've only read a few old old short stories....goddam I need an editor

@AleksandarBloom

4 ай бұрын

Not many people among his readers would agree with that. I would rather stick with his novels. Stories are quite readable though!

Hahaha I'm so glad you haven't been irradiated! I am SO thrilled to hear your thoughts on Time Out of Joint! Watching your episode now 🙏 p.s. I never cared for hitchhiker the movie or the books. Just seems too out there and wackyland for me to get on board.

@MrKylePopovich

4 ай бұрын

Wow! Great Sheckley recommendation! That Feet in Clay story sounds good too! Excited to pick it up! Douglas Adams is on the cover of the paperback "one of the great funny writers"

@Scottmbradfield

4 ай бұрын

Is he? Interesting. Sheckley is so much funnier than Adams!

@Scottmbradfield

4 ай бұрын

Hope you like him, Kyle! s