tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post7330307721091092153..comments2024-03-26T01:52:45.563-07:00Comments on Fred's Place: Theodore Sturgeon: "It," a short storyFredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-75556736788079939312015-08-27T08:35:01.867-07:002015-08-27T08:35:01.867-07:00Jim Harris,
I never considered doing that with De...Jim Harris,<br /><br />I never considered doing that with Delany's prose. I just might take a look at something of his, perhaps his earlier works. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-37808590431813160252015-08-27T08:01:26.927-07:002015-08-27T08:01:26.927-07:00Sturgeon was always the odd man out in science fic...Sturgeon was always the odd man out in science fiction, although he had many fans. Your restructuring of his paragraphs into poems is quite clever. I've often read prose that felt like poetry. You should try and break down something from Samuel R. Delany. His prose feels like poetry in a corset.Jim Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953679196185650753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-49765160642035981782015-08-26T15:33:37.547-07:002015-08-26T15:33:37.547-07:00"Bradbury aped him" sounds rather deroga..."Bradbury aped him" sounds rather derogatory, or am I misreading the statement? Hey, I'm not picking a fight, I'm just an over-the-hill English teacher who is curious about the verb.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-88036822769996194252015-08-26T15:30:03.079-07:002015-08-26T15:30:03.079-07:00Todd,
I'm not sure that Bradbury "aped&q...Todd,<br /><br />I'm not sure that Bradbury "aped" him, but Sturgeon and Bradbury are two of my favorite short story writers, SF or otherwise. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-72205735122446598852015-08-26T04:16:52.269-07:002015-08-26T04:16:52.269-07:00Sturgeon was perhaps the most conscious artist of ...Sturgeon was perhaps the most conscious artist of his generation to begin publishing his most ambitious work in the John Campbell magazines UNKNOWN and ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, with the exception of his peer Fritz Leiber...by the 1950s, Sturgeon could tell you why he used every single word in a given story. Bradbury aped him. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-556810739213242132015-08-24T12:24:33.664-07:002015-08-24T12:24:33.664-07:00Thanks!Thanks!R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-12705335715134553792015-08-24T12:23:38.029-07:002015-08-24T12:23:38.029-07:00Harper,
Below is a link to where the story can b...Harper, <br /><br />Below is a link to where the story can be found online. Be careful, Sturgeon can be addictive.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/plcvto3Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-897228097627164771.post-55146189432250120462015-08-24T11:01:48.645-07:002015-08-24T11:01:48.645-07:00The parallelism and syntax certainly seem poetic a...The parallelism and syntax certainly seem poetic and biblical. I am not familiar with Sturgeon, but you have offered a seductive introduction. Now I suppose I need to find and read the story. Thanks.R.T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13220814349193561823noreply@blogger.com