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.
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.
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
@@Scottmbradfield Man Overboard was a revelation to me. A whole other level. It was in an old fantasy anthology with other writers. I think I’ll search out a later collection like The John Collier Reader.
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.
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.
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
@@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
Collier is so fun to read! Thanks for recommending.
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.
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.
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
Today I read “Man Overboard”, a story by Collier. Great stuff!
That's a good one, but so are most of them! s
@@Scottmbradfield I never laugh when I read books that are advertised as “laugh out loud” funny. But this was different!
@@Scottmbradfield It’s a later story than the ones in the collection, fancies, and goodnights. I wonder if he got better as he got older?
@@joebeamish He was pretty dependable. I think his very early stuff was quite different, he started as a poet...
@@Scottmbradfield Man Overboard was a revelation to me. A whole other level. It was in an old fantasy anthology with other writers. I think I’ll search out a later collection like The John Collier Reader.
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.
Interesting, that book has a lot of fans. I never read it or Dexter yet... s
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.
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
Never got into Calvin but read and reread Far Side many times, probably as big an influence on my fiction. as PEANUTS! s
Happy anniversary!!!!!!!
Thanks Scott. Yes, far Side still in my living too. 3 huge editions. You should do another review of Schultz and Larson. 🍷💛
@@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
Great, and long, essay. Read it Trudeau airport. Thanks Scott
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