Dec. 31st, 2007
The anvil of time.
Dec. 31st, 2007 02:59 pmWikipedia informs me that there's a full novel version of Hawksbill Station. This has me excited, because I remember enjoying the short story the novel is based on. It also got me to thinking.
You see, the only reason I ever read that particular short story growing up is because I happened to be in possession of the science fiction magazine issue it was printed in - Galaxy Science Fiction, 1967. And the only reason I happened to be in possession of that old magazine was because somewhere down the line, one of my relatives had seen fit to give me a huge moving box full of vintage science fiction books. A huge bonanza for a science fiction fan, really - dusty old pulp magazines, decades-old paperbacks of classics by Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein. Even the occasional fantasy work - there was a collection of Lord of the Rings paperbacks in there as well, and I remember reading those until the bindings crumbled to dust and they turned into a pile of loose pages. I treasured those books.
That kind of exposure to the classics is one of the best gifts you could possibly give to a child, and I'm saddened that I have no idea just who it was that give me that gift, because I sure would like to thank them right about now.
You see, the only reason I ever read that particular short story growing up is because I happened to be in possession of the science fiction magazine issue it was printed in - Galaxy Science Fiction, 1967. And the only reason I happened to be in possession of that old magazine was because somewhere down the line, one of my relatives had seen fit to give me a huge moving box full of vintage science fiction books. A huge bonanza for a science fiction fan, really - dusty old pulp magazines, decades-old paperbacks of classics by Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein. Even the occasional fantasy work - there was a collection of Lord of the Rings paperbacks in there as well, and I remember reading those until the bindings crumbled to dust and they turned into a pile of loose pages. I treasured those books.
That kind of exposure to the classics is one of the best gifts you could possibly give to a child, and I'm saddened that I have no idea just who it was that give me that gift, because I sure would like to thank them right about now.
The anvil of time.
Dec. 31st, 2007 02:59 pmWikipedia informs me that there's a full novel version of Hawksbill Station. This has me excited, because I remember enjoying the short story the novel is based on. It also got me to thinking.
You see, the only reason I ever read that particular short story growing up is because I happened to be in possession of the science fiction magazine issue it was printed in - Galaxy Science Fiction, 1967. And the only reason I happened to be in possession of that old magazine was because somewhere down the line, one of my relatives had seen fit to give me a huge moving box full of vintage science fiction books. A huge bonanza for a science fiction fan, really - dusty old pulp magazines, decades-old paperbacks of classics by Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein. Even the occasional fantasy work - there was a collection of Lord of the Rings paperbacks in there as well, and I remember reading those until the bindings crumbled to dust and they turned into a pile of loose pages. I treasured those books.
That kind of exposure to the classics is one of the best gifts you could possibly give to a child, and I'm saddened that I have no idea just who it was that give me that gift, because I sure would like to thank them right about now.
You see, the only reason I ever read that particular short story growing up is because I happened to be in possession of the science fiction magazine issue it was printed in - Galaxy Science Fiction, 1967. And the only reason I happened to be in possession of that old magazine was because somewhere down the line, one of my relatives had seen fit to give me a huge moving box full of vintage science fiction books. A huge bonanza for a science fiction fan, really - dusty old pulp magazines, decades-old paperbacks of classics by Asimov, Bradbury, Clarke, Heinlein. Even the occasional fantasy work - there was a collection of Lord of the Rings paperbacks in there as well, and I remember reading those until the bindings crumbled to dust and they turned into a pile of loose pages. I treasured those books.
That kind of exposure to the classics is one of the best gifts you could possibly give to a child, and I'm saddened that I have no idea just who it was that give me that gift, because I sure would like to thank them right about now.
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