tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post4092406461528955666..comments2024-03-09T13:49:30.039+05:30Comments on Variety SF: Eric Frank Russell's "Dear Devil" (novelette, science fiction): Humanity rises from post-nuclear-war apocalypse - with some external helpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-28381928292736730572018-03-26T08:58:12.203+05:302018-03-26T08:58:12.203+05:30I am much like Anonymous and others in having read...I am much like Anonymous and others in having read the short story many years ago in high school. In the late 1960’swhenreading science fiction was frowned upon but was m6 only escape from a fractious world where the only sane discussion of the world came in science fiction. This tale was one of my favorite and most touching. Yes, touching. Anyone and everyone can and should be kind to each other was a lesson I learned. And today when working on getting a writing project of my own back on track, I struggled to remember the name of this one but found the story by querying the internet for a Martian helped some post apocalyptic children survive who came to love him. I found it with one try. Telling, eh? It still warms my heart. Thank you for your work.candidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00854357820761901877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-6097872604577692472012-06-03T11:52:41.914+05:302012-06-03T11:52:41.914+05:30Sharon: I've read "The Great Explosion&qu...Sharon: I've read "The Great Explosion"; good one. I am a Russel fan, & have read practically <a href="http://variety-sf.blogspot.in/search/label/Eric%20Frank%20Russell?max-results=100" rel="nofollow">anything of his I could lay my hands on</a>.Tinkoohttp://variety-sf.blogspot.in/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-71418246494464061662012-06-03T10:50:08.405+05:302012-06-03T10:50:08.405+05:30I too read this lovely story in my long ago childh...I too read this lovely story in my long ago childhood. I remembered it with fondness and it really started me on a lifetime of loving to read. If you do enjoy Dear Devil, read The Great Explosion by Russell. It has the same gentleness and is still SF. Thank goodness for Amazon. These books are no longer out of reach.Sharon From Baltimorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-50224037973178559452008-09-11T15:07:00.000+05:302008-09-11T15:07:00.000+05:30Me, too.What anonymous said.I am so delighted I ca...Me, too.<BR/><BR/>What anonymous said.<BR/><BR/>I am so delighted I can hardly stop beaming.<BR/><BR/>Thank you and your wonderful memory for bringing back a delightful moment of my long ago childhood.<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/><BR/>EvyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172359179613729870.post-39429549686056847642008-06-25T11:24:00.000+05:302008-06-25T11:24:00.000+05:30Thanks for this wonderfully helpfull post. I read ...Thanks for this wonderfully helpfull post. I read "Dear Devil" as a child and have been looking for it off and on for the last 30 years! You post was the top hit on Google for the key words "sled alien poet earth help science fiction" - and finally, after all this time I was able to get the author and story name - now have it on order from Amazon.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com