tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post9004610262547021515..comments2024-03-09T13:49:30.039+05:30Comments on Variety SF: Jack Vance's "The Miracle-Workers" (short novel, free): A future society gone retro rediscovers the scientific methodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-62542564155313901642010-03-25T02:19:16.169+05:302010-03-25T02:19:16.169+05:30Oh the Thing is a great piece of SF horror,you mus...Oh the Thing is a great piece of SF horror,you must see it! Great music thanks to John Carpenter too!LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-55954136329438436562010-03-25T00:55:52.077+05:302010-03-25T00:55:52.077+05:30No, I didn't know.
In fact, I haven't eve...No, I didn't know.<br /><br />In fact, I haven't even seen <i>The Thing</i>; I have only read the text version of the story.Tinkoohttp://variety-sf.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-30665160370769871542010-03-25T00:00:40.471+05:302010-03-25T00:00:40.471+05:30Talking of The Thing,did you know there will be a ...Talking of The Thing,did you know there will be a new film soon-it will be a prequel to the 1981 movie.LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-58025959217543479602010-03-24T21:47:35.484+05:302010-03-24T21:47:35.484+05:30"Who Goes There?" itself is based on his..."Who Goes There?" itself is based on his earlier "The Brain Stealers of Mars". Both are online. Search this site.<br /><br />"The Thing" seems to be one of its several movie adaptations.<br /><br />Also see "The Things" (2010) of Peter Watts - a modern retelling of "Who Goes There?" from alien's perspective. This too is online, & linked somewhere on this site.<br /><br />But I wasn't referring, in comment above, to fiction he has written, but to Astounding issues he has edited. Great stuff.<br /><br />PS: A good deal of fiction authored by Campbell would probably be in public domain now - his fiction is mostly, I think, from 1930s & 1940s. One of his very cool stories that doesn't get mentioned very often these days is "Forgetfulness"; I've been postponing a post on it for while now.Tinkoohttp://variety-sf.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-89553745205985287372010-03-24T16:39:04.575+05:302010-03-24T16:39:04.575+05:30Yes,have you read his story Who Goes There? It wa...Yes,have you read his story Who Goes There? It was the basis of the movie The Thing.<br />I only have one Campbell book, The Moon is Hell,haven't read it yet.LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-45367914928808205682010-03-24T08:51:23.741+05:302010-03-24T08:51:23.741+05:30In spite of that, he kept churning out the highest...In spite of that, he kept churning out the highest concentration of great reads. Whenever I'm short of A-stories, which happens often, I pick up one of these Astoundings - every one of these seems to have more than one great story! Highest likelihood of finding a good story in limited reading time.Tinkoohttp://variety-sf.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-80340176501592210732010-03-24T05:10:41.071+05:302010-03-24T05:10:41.071+05:30Ah yes Campbell was of the opinion that humans wil...Ah yes Campbell was of the opinion that humans will always be superior to any alien race and so must always win! His one failing.LarryShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723096857163954170noreply@blogger.com