For those who can tell their roundabout from their hodgepodge!
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@pragjyotishbhuyangogoi8363Ай бұрын
Collier is so fun to read! Thanks for recommending.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Oh glad to make a convert. His stories have entertained me many times apiece! Nice hearing from you, Prag! s
@williambell3716Ай бұрын
Scott I am glad to see you are reading Chesterton he is brilliant! I implore you to read his short story The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown and his two novellas, The Man Who Was Thursday and The Napoleon of Notting Hill.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
I don't know "Major Brown" but did like THURSDAY when I read it many years (decades!) back! Can't help seeing its influence on Lafferty... s
@TimMcLain-rf3vjАй бұрын
Seeing your copy of The Shrinking Man brought back some memories. I bought that same edition by mail order after seeing an ad for paperbacks in the mag Famous Monsters of Filmland, many years ago. Alas, my book is long gone, the result of an unsecured loan, no doubt to some neighborhood knucklehead. And yes, John Collier is a writer to cherish.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Yeah it's such a cool book, and so funny! Your old issues of Famous Monsters would probably fetch a few bucks today! I met Ackerman once, he gave me a free book of stamps... s
@larrycarr4562Ай бұрын
Speaking of horror and beyond human help… I’m reading Paris Trout by Pete Dexter… such a specimen of the inhuman, with the real story the lawyering & manipulation of truth & law in the portrayal of institutional injustice &the American way. A quite disturbing book.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Interesting, that book has a lot of fans. I never read it or Dexter yet... s
@larrycarr4562
Ай бұрын
National Book Award 1988 for Paris Trout, I read God’s Pocket a Philadelphia story, fictional somewhat based on his experiences as columnist for a Philly paper. He also is the author of Deadwood.
@larrycarr4562Ай бұрын
Self deprecation if done with the right degree of humor is an art form of the highest order. Charles Portis comes to mind. Don’t know Collier… I guess I should.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
You would almost certainly love FANCIES & GOODNIGHTS, seems like your sort of book...s
@bluewordsme2Ай бұрын
seeing that ms and i have just returned from dinner and packing for our anniversary trip, what a pleasure...i agree, Trudeau is amazing during the Regan years...at the time (i was in highschool and university), Trudeau, along with Larson (far side), Groening (life is hell, pre-simpson), Watterson and Schultz were my fave comic authors....but for political commentary, few match doonesbury in the 80s....and yea about collier again....id love to gift you complete Far Side or Calvin. & Hobbes to go with your schultz and doonesbury...and i've always wanted to tell me you always remind me of Calvin...and i thought of it more clearly when I read History of Luminous Motion, that Phillip is totally Calvin, which means yes, you are calvin, still ...even all grown up...is Lucky (or dodo) Hobbes>......anyway, when my better half and i come, eventually again, i will give you a copy......be well SB and thanks for the congratulations wish on FB...best we received.....stay safe...bb
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Never got into Calvin but read and reread Far Side many times, probably as big an influence on my fiction. as PEANUTS! s
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Happy anniversary!!!!!!!
@bluewordsme2
Ай бұрын
Thanks Scott. Yes, far Side still in my living too. 3 huge editions. You should do another review of Schultz and Larson. 🍷💛
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
@@bluewordsme2 someday... I wrote a longish piece on Schulz possibly back before you arrived at the bathtub: newrepublic.com/article/162580/charlie-brown-america-peanuts-snoopy-politics-book-review
@bluewordsme2
Ай бұрын
Great, and long, essay. Read it Trudeau airport. Thanks Scott
@williamgass9242Ай бұрын
Would you say the title for the Bee Gees album The Spicks and the Specks doesn't age well?
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Collier is so fun to read! Thanks for recommending.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Oh glad to make a convert. His stories have entertained me many times apiece! Nice hearing from you, Prag! s
Scott I am glad to see you are reading Chesterton he is brilliant! I implore you to read his short story The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown and his two novellas, The Man Who Was Thursday and The Napoleon of Notting Hill.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
I don't know "Major Brown" but did like THURSDAY when I read it many years (decades!) back! Can't help seeing its influence on Lafferty... s
Seeing your copy of The Shrinking Man brought back some memories. I bought that same edition by mail order after seeing an ad for paperbacks in the mag Famous Monsters of Filmland, many years ago. Alas, my book is long gone, the result of an unsecured loan, no doubt to some neighborhood knucklehead. And yes, John Collier is a writer to cherish.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Yeah it's such a cool book, and so funny! Your old issues of Famous Monsters would probably fetch a few bucks today! I met Ackerman once, he gave me a free book of stamps... s
Speaking of horror and beyond human help… I’m reading Paris Trout by Pete Dexter… such a specimen of the inhuman, with the real story the lawyering & manipulation of truth & law in the portrayal of institutional injustice &the American way. A quite disturbing book.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Interesting, that book has a lot of fans. I never read it or Dexter yet... s
@larrycarr4562
Ай бұрын
National Book Award 1988 for Paris Trout, I read God’s Pocket a Philadelphia story, fictional somewhat based on his experiences as columnist for a Philly paper. He also is the author of Deadwood.
Self deprecation if done with the right degree of humor is an art form of the highest order. Charles Portis comes to mind. Don’t know Collier… I guess I should.
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
You would almost certainly love FANCIES & GOODNIGHTS, seems like your sort of book...s
seeing that ms and i have just returned from dinner and packing for our anniversary trip, what a pleasure...i agree, Trudeau is amazing during the Regan years...at the time (i was in highschool and university), Trudeau, along with Larson (far side), Groening (life is hell, pre-simpson), Watterson and Schultz were my fave comic authors....but for political commentary, few match doonesbury in the 80s....and yea about collier again....id love to gift you complete Far Side or Calvin. & Hobbes to go with your schultz and doonesbury...and i've always wanted to tell me you always remind me of Calvin...and i thought of it more clearly when I read History of Luminous Motion, that Phillip is totally Calvin, which means yes, you are calvin, still ...even all grown up...is Lucky (or dodo) Hobbes>......anyway, when my better half and i come, eventually again, i will give you a copy......be well SB and thanks for the congratulations wish on FB...best we received.....stay safe...bb
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Never got into Calvin but read and reread Far Side many times, probably as big an influence on my fiction. as PEANUTS! s
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
Happy anniversary!!!!!!!
@bluewordsme2
Ай бұрын
Thanks Scott. Yes, far Side still in my living too. 3 huge editions. You should do another review of Schultz and Larson. 🍷💛
@Scottmbradfield
Ай бұрын
@@bluewordsme2 someday... I wrote a longish piece on Schulz possibly back before you arrived at the bathtub: newrepublic.com/article/162580/charlie-brown-america-peanuts-snoopy-politics-book-review
@bluewordsme2
Ай бұрын
Great, and long, essay. Read it Trudeau airport. Thanks Scott
Would you say the title for the Bee Gees album The Spicks and the Specks doesn't age well?