tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post7537322384792403683..comments2024-03-26T21:58:50.501-04:00Comments on MPorcius Fiction Log: 1950s stories by Brian Aldiss, Fredric Brown, Arthur C. Clarke, and Avram DavidsonMPorciushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-47849779376526280012018-09-04T01:15:31.780-04:002018-09-04T01:15:31.780-04:00I'm glad you are enjoying what I am trying to ...I'm glad you are enjoying what I am trying to do here--thanks! And thank you for spreading the word about MPorcius Fiction Log!<br /><br />I've really enjoyed White's fiction as well as his nonfiction writing, and admire the work he did as an editor--his issues of <i>Fantastic</i> present a good mix of adventure and experimental fiction, and include great nonfiction and some fine illustrations as well. I often think of that brilliant short memoir of White's about his bet with Harlan Ellison:<br /><br />http://jophan.org/mimosa/m12/white.htmMPorciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-35882425998009672622018-09-04T00:59:15.084-04:002018-09-04T00:59:15.084-04:00I read "The Great Slow Kings" back in 20...I read "The Great Slow Kings" back in 2014 and just kind of shrugged at it--I am not the audience for joke stories that tell us some lesson I've already heard too many times.<br /><br />https://mporcius.blogspot.com/2014/04/three-more-roger-zelazny-stories.html<br /><br />(I'm vulnerable to a charge of hypocrisy here, because Barry Malzberg's story "Vidi Vici Veni" is pushing that same feeble Luddite "the machines are stealing our souls" line Malzberg always pushes, but it made me laugh as much as any story I have ever read.)<br /><br />https://mporcius.blogspot.com/2017/01/1972-1969-stories-by-gene-wolfe-barry.html<br /><br />We read "Harrison Bergeron" in a school text book, in sixth grade maybe, and it is one of the few such government-approved short stories to make any impression on me ("Cask of Amontillado," "Flowers for Algernon" and "Love is a Fallacy" are also among this small group.) I plan to reread "Harrison bergeron" for this series of blog posts on <i>An ABC of Science Fiction.</i> MPorciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515742639389937221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-84850937388761564842018-09-03T13:28:12.469-04:002018-09-03T13:28:12.469-04:00Hello-I discovered your blog several weeks ago and...Hello-I discovered your blog several weeks ago and have been browsing it a couple of times a week since. I've liked the Conan comments and the links to Ted White's writing. When I was in High School, at one time or another I subscribed to most of the SF magazines, including Amazing, Fantastic Stories, F&SFn Vertex and Analog. I liked Galaxy and IF, but did not subscribe because I saw these frequently enough in the small town I lived in and the towns around me where I trolled for science fiction. Great job on the blog-love the links. I've put your url on a comment I made on an email list/forum I belong to-hope it gets you a few more readers. I'm really enjoying your blog, thank You!vilstefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14183356136648221026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8259460772864393968.post-35143152497017997872018-08-31T14:36:37.169-04:002018-08-31T14:36:37.169-04:00I have very vague memories of reading each of thes...I have very vague memories of reading each of these stories--perhaps in Middle School. We must have had a copy. Looking at the <a href="http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?217125" rel="nofollow">TOC on ISFDB</a>, the stories that made an impression on me were "The Great Slow Kings" by Roger Zelazny and "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17610040247327945080noreply@blogger.com