I always read in color-the scenes, the characters’ details, the thematic landscapes. Your short stories too. Always. So I’m reading “the Finest” (love the origin of the title) and it’s all color until I get to the sentence with the gerbil cage. All of a sudden, all black, white and grey. Like I just turned an episode of the Twilight Zone. So cool! The history story could really be turned into a short film/tv piece. And I got some really cool Vonugut vibes coursing thru me too. And Bradbury, of course. I could go on and on but instead I’m gonna go read The Finest one more time.
I've read a lot of Vonnegut and not much Bradbury so I'm much more familiar with Kurt. I did get to talk to Bradbury on the phone. The Chicago Reader wanted me to photograph him. He said "Nobody wants to see a picture of this old man". He was wrong of course. I wish I could have convinced him.
Great story, not every endeavor is going to succeed and usually we only hear of the great successes, except when a grand inquiry comes along to explain a dramatic failure. Short and to the point. Thank you.
Outstanding - wait - not enough - Great sci-fi piece. You’re twilight zoning with this J. Serious Rod Serling level.
Thanks. It was fun to change it up.
Was just listening to Graceland and Boy in the Bubble played - thought of the story and snapped my fingers- that!
Paul Simon conjured me or I conjured Paul Simon? 😎
It struck me - and this is true, I was thinking about the story when I heard the song. Both philosophically accepting what is.
(Am a fatalist at heart.)
hell yeah
I'm thrilled you like it.
"It's the little things that matter..."
I have a joke... 🤡
I always read in color-the scenes, the characters’ details, the thematic landscapes. Your short stories too. Always. So I’m reading “the Finest” (love the origin of the title) and it’s all color until I get to the sentence with the gerbil cage. All of a sudden, all black, white and grey. Like I just turned an episode of the Twilight Zone. So cool! The history story could really be turned into a short film/tv piece. And I got some really cool Vonugut vibes coursing thru me too. And Bradbury, of course. I could go on and on but instead I’m gonna go read The Finest one more time.
I'd love to option some of these for film
This one was so unique in its story-line, I could envision a mini-series all the way to the agonizing discovery.
What a great story!
Totally out of the realm of anything I've ever read.
The exploration of how people react in the face of overwhelming failure is a question which will always be explored by meatheads and movie directors.
This was quite a complicated story, but it was well worth the effort to discover the ending - which could be also a beginning.
It really could be a beginning. So much that I could do if my finances would buy me some time
Very Vonnegutty. Love it.
Thanks. Felt more Bradbury to me, but I'll take Kurt any day
I've read a lot of Vonnegut and not much Bradbury so I'm much more familiar with Kurt. I did get to talk to Bradbury on the phone. The Chicago Reader wanted me to photograph him. He said "Nobody wants to see a picture of this old man". He was wrong of course. I wish I could have convinced him.
Damn, that would have been really kick ass
Great story, not every endeavor is going to succeed and usually we only hear of the great successes, except when a grand inquiry comes along to explain a dramatic failure. Short and to the point. Thank you.
Thanks. I try to keep 'em moving. I like fast paced stuff so I generally write fast paced stuff.