tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post7456385536444512783..comments2024-03-26T21:58:50.501-04:00Comments on MPorcius Fiction Log: Three science fiction stories by Ray Cummings from 1940MPorciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-56460669577677418372018-08-11T11:28:41.698-04:002018-08-11T11:28:41.698-04:00Thanks for your kind words about the blog and your...Thanks for your kind words about the blog and your Lafferty-centric comments! <br /><br />I think critics consider Cummings's early work to be important and worth reading, and <i>Brigands of the Moon</i>, as I recall, had cool weapons and vehicles and espionage devices in it, but these 1940 things I have been reading do seem largely like hack work done to keep food on the table. I definitely plan to read the four 1960s Ace book printings of Cummings space operas and planetary romances originally printed in <i>Argosy</i> in the late '20s and early '30s which Joachim Boaz sent me. <br /><br />I also definitely plan to read more Lafferty! MPorciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-85226950112127076462018-08-10T14:15:21.046-04:002018-08-10T14:15:21.046-04:00I must admit I've never heard of Cummings befo...I must admit I've never heard of Cummings before. OK, sounds like I haven't missed that much. I have to say (and you know that coming from me, Lafferty will be mentioned in the comment) that R. A. Lafferty did a much better job of a story about the dimension where ideas come from in his story "Oh, Whatta Ya Do When The Well Runs Dry." Lafferty's story is about the "deep well of unconscious cerebration" where all ideas come from, and what happens to the world when the well runs dry.<br /><br />Again, thank you for these reviews! Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610040247327945080noreply@blogger.com