tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post4293777849486191886..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: A Minute ObservationFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-5732496520173378322017-03-15T10:45:08.901-07:002017-03-15T10:45:08.901-07:00Mudpuddle,
Interesting. That was about the time ...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />Interesting. That was about the time I discovered Eiseley in the Time advertisement, sometime around 62, 63, or 64. His popularity may have been why he was included in the TRP. <br />I've been reading him ever since then--I have a large number of his works, and I always grab one every year or so and start rereading. <br /><br />I've read several of Laumer's works, but nothing recently.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-51247584858333058842017-03-15T10:23:11.035-07:002017-03-15T10:23:11.035-07:00it may have been a local phenomenon, but i remembe...it may have been a local phenomenon, but i remember copies of Eiseley's works laying about in various locales in '62 and 3 when i first went to college... <br /><br />Keith Laumer was in the USAF also, i believe... his sci fi has been a favorite for most my life...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-31876052936061358852017-03-15T07:06:22.999-07:002017-03-15T07:06:22.999-07:00Mudpuddle,
That must have been before or after my...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />That must have been before or after my time. I was an undergraduate during the late 50's and early '60s. I first heard of Eiseley when I was in the USAF, sometime around '63 or maybe '64.<br /><br />I had a subscription to TIME Magazine and read an advertisement there for its TIME READING PROGRAM. It featured a paragraph from Eiseley's THE IMMENSE JOURNEY, and I was so impressed by that paragraph I signed up up for the program. It was there that I first read Eiseley and was also introduced to Konrad Lorenz, the Austrian ethologist. <br /><br />It was somewhat later that I encountered Joseph Wood Krutch, though just when and where and how is lost in the dim mists of history.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-53688762985413804552017-03-14T17:10:36.560-07:002017-03-14T17:10:36.560-07:00eiseley used to be well know among college student...eiseley used to be well know among college students but i haven't heard the name for a long time; i think i read one or two of his books back then, but i can't say for sure... congrats for your tenaciousness...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-55203212095098025792017-03-14T11:50:03.607-07:002017-03-14T11:50:03.607-07:00Mudpuddle,
Joseph Wood Krutch has been a long tim...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />Joseph Wood Krutch has been a long time favorite of mine, along with Loren Eiseley. I do a regular reading of both of them. According to the counter, I have seventeen post on Krutch and 27 on Eiseley. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-37192167535210729502017-03-14T11:43:52.018-07:002017-03-14T11:43:52.018-07:00Mudpuddle,
I think cats are like small children i...Mudpuddle,<br /><br />I think cats are like small children in that respect: they both have on/off switches while we have rheostats.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-29055742177955019382017-03-14T11:19:05.612-07:002017-03-14T11:19:05.612-07:00Krutch is not much heard from nowadays; nice to b...Krutch is not much heard from nowadays; nice to be reminded of his excellent prose and nature descriptions... i think cats are blessed with an off/on switch which they use to tune out with: superior to us in that regard, i think...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-20900912884891870462017-03-14T10:24:48.274-07:002017-03-14T10:24:48.274-07:00Tim,
Catnaps are necessary for maintaining health...Tim,<br /><br />Catnaps are necessary for maintaining health and sanity.<br /><br />Enjoy. . .<br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-283663570256467002017-03-14T09:54:39.789-07:002017-03-14T09:54:39.789-07:00I will now enjoy a catnap. Thanks for the inspirat...I will now enjoy a catnap. Thanks for the inspiration.RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.com