Storied Beginnings
A story a day probably won't keep the doctor away, but, hey, it couldn't hurt.
Monday, November 30, 2009
'Alive and Well on a Friendless Voyage" by Harlan Ellison
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In this very bizarre short story, Elllison seems to be using the old saying of "like a moth to a flame" to parallel his main cha...
"In the Fourth Year of the War" by Harlan Ellison
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I've said this before here , but let me reiterate: I pity every single person that has ever pissed off Harlan Ellison (I believe that th...
"Count the Clock that Tells the Time" by Harlan Ellison
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Next up is "Count the Clock that Tells the Time," which hinges off the idea that time is conserved like energy. In other words, th...
"Django" by Harlan Ellison
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Okay, I haven't been posting regularly. . . again. Chalk it up to laziness if you want. You'd probably be right. However, I'm ba...
Thursday, November 26, 2009
"Coming of Age in Karhide: by Sov Thade Tage em Ereb, of Rer, in Karhide, on Gethen" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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No this is more like it! In this short story, Le Guin revisits the androgynous /dual-sexed people of her classic novel The Left Hand of Dar...
"Wang's Carpets" by Greg Egan
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This story was just not for me. I couldn't get into at all. I think this was because it skews so far into "Hard Science" scien...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
'Recording Angel" by Ian McDonald
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I knew it! I was not, in fact, behind on my reading, and have completed 76 stories. I just havn't written about all of them. You see, I ...
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