Read a couple of short stories from Dangerous Visions this past week. I'm trying to get my head into the idea of these stories being shocking for the time period, which is what I expected after reading all of the introductions for this anthology. There is an excessive number of them. I'm not really finding them all that shocking, but then this book came out a couple of years after Doctor Who originally premiered. It sucks that I'm not having the same experience reading the book as someone during that time period to really get it.
More than half way through Housemaid. Loving it. My wife says that I might not like the twist. We'll see.
Also, half way through The Long Walk.It's interesting reading a story that's almost in real time. It's a lot like watching 24. There are some time jumps as stuff happens, but a lot of it is continuous. This would be cool for a Star Trek story. Imagine Picard stumbling upon a long walk on a planet. It would be a cool story.
I'm only a quarter of the way through with the Lion Women of Tehran. I'm supposed to have this finished by the 24th. The Monday holiday might save me. It's well done, but it's a slow burn. I keep going back to the Housemaid after reading a chapter in this book since it's far more engaging.
I've added one philosophy book to my TBR: The Disappearance of Rituals. There is a YouTube video, where Jared Henderson and the guy from Unsolicited Advice.discuss the modern reading crisis, and this book comes up in the discussion. It's really short, so I might knock it out this year. It sounds interesting.
And then I stumbled upon the fact that the original Candyman film is based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker. It's in his Books of Blood Volume 5. My library only has the first two volumes. They're short story collections that have five short stories each. I think, I might save this for a read for October.
More than half way through Housemaid. Loving it. My wife says that I might not like the twist. We'll see.
Also, half way through The Long Walk.It's interesting reading a story that's almost in real time. It's a lot like watching 24. There are some time jumps as stuff happens, but a lot of it is continuous. This would be cool for a Star Trek story. Imagine Picard stumbling upon a long walk on a planet. It would be a cool story.
I'm only a quarter of the way through with the Lion Women of Tehran. I'm supposed to have this finished by the 24th. The Monday holiday might save me. It's well done, but it's a slow burn. I keep going back to the Housemaid after reading a chapter in this book since it's far more engaging.
I've added one philosophy book to my TBR: The Disappearance of Rituals. There is a YouTube video, where Jared Henderson and the guy from Unsolicited Advice.discuss the modern reading crisis, and this book comes up in the discussion. It's really short, so I might knock it out this year. It sounds interesting.
And then I stumbled upon the fact that the original Candyman film is based on the short story The Forbidden by Clive Barker. It's in his Books of Blood Volume 5. My library only has the first two volumes. They're short story collections that have five short stories each. I think, I might save this for a read for October.
