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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - 11:52 am
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.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, March 06, 2007 - 2:57 pm
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.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 1:51 pm
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.)
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 4:26 pm
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.
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Reiki
Moderator
08-12-2000
| Monday, April 23, 2007 - 7:33 pm
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.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Tuesday, April 24, 2007 - 10:04 am
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.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 1:25 am
Reiki, do you remember it?
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