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Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
Okay, a little promotion here, which I hope isn't out of line.

My boss's husband (Ben Fountain) has just published his first book and it is getting excellent reviews. It is a collection of short stories. I'm not a short story reader but I am reading it (okay, I got a free, autographed copy but I would have bought one anyway - after 23 years of watching her support his writing I owed her that much at least!) and it is really very good. If you get a chance pick it up and let me know what you think of it.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
And to add to this post, this book has now won several prestigious awards (including the JFK Presidential Library 2007 Hemingway/PEN Award and Barnes and Noble Best New Fiction (or something like that)) in the last few weeks.

Sorry to seem like I am pushing...I am just proud of my friend's husband.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Monday, April 23, 2007 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Congratulations to your friend's hubby, Roxip. I'm always liked short stories and think they're sorta underappreciated today. (After Kurt Vonnegut died, Michael Feldman's radio show played clips of a past interview with him in which he talked about how popular short stories used to be.)

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, April 23, 2007 - 4:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Roxip, I'll have to check it out. I'm not usually a short story fan but if its a really good collection...

My favorite short story author is Harlan Ellison, but then I'll read anything he has written anyway.

Reiki
Moderator

08-12-2000

Monday, April 23, 2007 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reiki a private message Print Post    
Twinkie, I just love Harlan Ellison. When I lived in California I used to listen to his radio show on NPR every week. It was on late at night and he would read selected short stories and talk about science fiction. Wonderful. He also penned one of my favorite Star Trek episodes (yes, I'm a geek).

Roxip, I will have to add Ben Fountain's book to my reading list. Sounds interesting. Thanks.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 10:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Reiki, do you remember a short story Harlan did about the question that stumped the super computer? I remember loving that story but I can't remember what the question was. I think it was something about God? Since its been a few decades since I read his books I really should read them again.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 1:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Reiki, do you remember it?