lapsed SF

[Mike Weaver]

Jay Herzog wrote
> I think it was a Guggenheim grant and he proposed to adapt either "The
>Stars my Destination" or Fahrenheit 451(the melodrama of "Stars" would
>have been perfect for opera). I think this attests to Pynchon's reading of
>SF during his formative years..... 

I've just reread Is It Okay To Be A Luddite in which TP says that the late
forties and fifties was  a time when SF was the most important literary form
and there was a major flowering of talent up to genius level.  
>
An excellent obscure book I meant to mention yesterday, was The Child Garden
by Geoff  Ryman.  Very moving novel that transcends the SF genre, about art,
artists and outsiders.
 His latest novel is online at  http://www.ryman-novel.com.  253 chapters
about 253 passengers on  a London Underground train, each of 253 words.  

bye   Mike
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      Our choicest plans have fallen through,
      Our airiest castles tumbled over.
      Because of lines we neatly drew, 
      And later neatly stumbled over.
             Piet Hein                       
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