Count me in as another who's now looking for Zelazny short stories - will have to look on the next trip to the bookstore. (They're still in print, yes?) And I may have to try a novel as well; it's been way too long since I've read any good SF or fantasy.
On everyone's enthusiastic recs, Zelazny is moved up next in the TBR mental list...
ETA: And Deena = me re: trying to find something constructive to say about this week's drabbles. Deena, I think you should write about Blue's Clues! Hee. But all the drabbles have been so vividly wonderful.
AJill, I'm fairly sure the bulk of Roger's stuff is still in print - he was incredibly prolific.
I actually curled up last night with Unicorn Variations. I hadn't forgotten it, but there are a few stories of his that I flatly adore - including Dismal Light, which began as a kind of drabble (in concept, not length) because Roger was trying to figure out how his character, Sandow, would behave - that I hadn't remembered as being in this particular volume.
Home is the Hangman. Oh, man.
Of course, we're in completely the wrong thread for this discussion - since the writing threads are half the threads I subscribe to, I tend to misremember which one I'm posting in.
Last on Zelazny--I've got to rearrange my library so I know which ones I've got. I know I've been duplicating from the used book store because I can't find a book when I want to read it.
'sokay, Connie, I wandered into Literary and pinged them. My take on Roger's stuff is slightly off centre, but I bet Micole has recs for miles, for those about to read him for the first time.
I tend to misremember which one I'm posting in.
Yes, this is me above. Sorry!
On topic, re: writing. Last night, reread a bunch of stuff I'd written previously, and also came up with a new take on something I've been struggling with. Yay! I intend on actually trying to start writing again after... um, the last thing was from May. Last May. Huh.
No drabble yet though. Every time I think, Blue, I think of that song from a couple of years ago by Eiffel 65. Must get it out of my head!
A Silly Blue Drabble
It stares at him blankly.
It is solid in its obstinance. It has one function, and it does it by doing nothing.
No frantic drumming of the keys will budge it. No wrathful obsenities will peel it away and reveal the unsaved pages below, though by god he tries.
It resists bribery, threats, and coersion. It is implacable in its purpose, simply to be:
The Blue Screen of Death.
HA! Why do I think he's a twelve o'clock flasher type?
KristinT, love it! Especially:
It has one function, and it does it by doing nothing.
This is me at work today.
