tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post7496633075447266451..comments2024-03-26T21:58:50.501-04:00Comments on MPorcius Fiction Log: Ancient of Days by Michael BishopMPorciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-30413003072662962152013-12-03T14:46:44.115-05:002013-12-03T14:46:44.115-05:00Hopefully I will stumble on some of Bishop's t...Hopefully I will stumble on some of Bishop's titles the way I found those three R. A. Lafferty paperbacks recently.MPorciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-42716773961323001692013-12-03T11:31:34.720-05:002013-12-03T11:31:34.720-05:00Currently reading A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire -...Currently reading A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire -- absolutely wonderful... He need to read his novel Stolen Faces (1977).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-7964578390385463962013-11-27T04:38:49.577-05:002013-11-27T04:38:49.577-05:00I have Her Habiline Husband kicking around somewhe...I have <i>Her Habiline Husband</i> kicking around somewhere. Will have to dig it out sooner rather than later... :)Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796098208589965362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-51265789526900116572013-11-26T14:32:24.856-05:002013-11-26T14:32:24.856-05:00Van Vogt is quoted on the book's jacket praisi...Van Vogt is quoted on the book's jacket praising Bishop, so I think they were buddies.<br /><br />The joke: To show how little one of the interfering scientists knows about art, Bishop points out thzt he thinks Vincent Van Gogh is the writer of "popular science fiction extravaganzas." MPorciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-35637003757562900912013-11-26T09:20:27.030-05:002013-11-26T09:20:27.030-05:00Wonderful review. What's the joke about Van V...Wonderful review. What's the joke about Van Vogt? He seems to have been a butt of many a joke -- Malzberg ridiculed him pretty hilariously (as I think I've mentioned) in Herovit's World. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com