tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post5023515221866476005..comments2024-03-28T15:09:27.574+00:00Comments on The Spoons That Are My Ears!: Gums in Rude HealthRhys Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-370021535365271832009-09-24T11:14:38.103+01:002009-09-24T11:14:38.103+01:00What can I say to that other than a big THANKS for...What can I say to that other than a big THANKS for the compliment! Stanislaw Lem is absolutely one of my favourite writers of all time and <i>The Cyberiad</i> is an astounding masterpiece!<br /><br />I've written a short story about Lem and I think it's one of my best but it's only available in a very large (and expensive) anthology here:<br /><br />http://departmentofdeadletters.blogspot.com/2009/04/bound-for-evil-nominated-for-shirley.html<br /><br />Maybe I'll get it republished in a future collection of stories...Rhys Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-21015325079605077372009-09-24T04:33:28.059+01:002009-09-24T04:33:28.059+01:00For what it's worth, as for science fiction fa...For what it's worth, as for science fiction fans not enjoying Rhys--I can't exactly put my finger on why, perhaps it was the inventiveness or the playfulness, or the convoluted logic of some of the stories, but Rhys' short story collection The Less Lonley Planet reminded me of Stanislaw Lem's The Cyberiad. Which is odd because it is really nothing like The Cyberiad. Maybe it was in part the sensation of reading the stories and thinking, not, "Why didn't I think of that," but instead, "How is it possible that any normal, sane, brain thought of that?" I enjoyed the hell out of both books.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04683900080441380910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-16622497783086414162009-09-23T16:13:13.005+01:002009-09-23T16:13:13.005+01:00Hi Andrew! Well I hope you enjoy The Postmodern Ma...Hi Andrew! Well I hope you enjoy <i>The Postmodern Mariner</i>... It's one of my favourites of all my books...<br /><br />I never grew up with an imp; at least I don't remember doing so. The woodland opposite my house was haunted, though!Rhys Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-75331124898563232912009-09-23T10:37:34.294+01:002009-09-23T10:37:34.294+01:00Hello again Rhysaurus! Thanks a lot for the info, ...Hello again Rhysaurus! Thanks a lot for the info, I'm in the process of ordering 'The Postmodern Mariner', and will look forward to 'Twisthorn Bellow'. I am really getting in to Celtic writers (not being a Celt myself!), and I wonder what it is that distinguishes, say, Welsh writers to English writers; is it culture, scenery, language? Anyhow, I am loving Welsh writers at the moment (ones that write in English, that is!). I'm reading a fascinating book at the moment By a Cardiff writer called Clive Evans about all-things Welsh and supernatural; he notes that many Welsh children grow up with Imps. When I was a child, I had three Imps; 'Pye-Wacket', 'Pig-In-The-Poke', and Ruffles', and I'm interested to read that many other children in the UK grow up with imps too! Anyhow thanks again for the info you supplied; looking forward to checking out your work. Regards...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168297949659697603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-91500590611105196962009-09-22T14:49:22.177+01:002009-09-22T14:49:22.177+01:00Philip K. Dick? Ah, he's one of my favourite S...Philip K. Dick? Ah, he's one of my favourite SF writers... But anyway, if you like SF you probably won't be too delighted with my books. I have written lots of SF but most of it has never been published (or published only in magazines, not in books)...<br /><br />I would recommend *The Crystal Cosmos*, but it's expensive for what it is -- in other words it's too short and full of typographical errors. I hope one day it'll be reprinted with corrections, maybe in a book with my other SF...<br /><br />Anyway again, if I had to recommend something of mine for you I'd choose either *Twisthorn Bellow* -- but that won't be published until next March -- because it has a fairly strong SF element, and I think it's very inventive, and I'm basically very pleased with it... Or I'd go for *The Postmodern Mariner*, which isn't SF but is light, funny, clever and cheap (in my opinion, of course!)<br /><br />Ordering for both books here:<br />(TB) http://www.atomicfez.com/?p=744<br />(TPM)http://www.screamingdreams.com/mariner.html<br /><br />Alternatively, don't buy any of my books and try to get hold of some John Sladek, Brian Aldiss or Thomas Disch instead!<br /><br />Cheers!Rhys Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018333653034645125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9444659.post-69924310296441082552009-09-21T16:22:03.558+01:002009-09-21T16:22:03.558+01:00Hello Rhysaurus! I am a big fan of science fiction...Hello Rhysaurus! I am a big fan of science fiction, but my tastes have been pretty pedestrian up to now (except for the odd bit of Philip K Dick!). A friend has advised me to check out your work, so having Googled you I found your blog. Could you please tell me if it is possible to buy any of your books in Swansea? Also, if you were someone who was new to your work, which book of yours would you advise someone to read first? Thanks a lot...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168297949659697603noreply@blogger.com