tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post1943977231092231529..comments2023-11-05T01:52:12.815-07:00Comments on FRANKENSTEIN1959: You Can Check Out Any Time You LikeWayne Allen Salleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17199261942617339556noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post-24945464720670590562007-11-20T14:03:00.000-07:002007-11-20T14:03:00.000-07:00Sleepy morning, my brain's full of sludge. But I r...Sleepy morning, my brain's full of sludge. But I really, really liked this post!<BR/><BR/>And yeah, both those pictures...Steve Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17561234111786788616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post-23200800033365897182007-11-20T13:20:00.000-07:002007-11-20T13:20:00.000-07:00I know how you feel my friend.We all life sometime...I know how you feel my friend.<BR/>We all life sometimes:)<BR/>HUGZDrizelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746480963316566816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post-6036541007025734932007-11-20T08:20:00.000-07:002007-11-20T08:20:00.000-07:00That "there are more like us" makes me think of Ra...That "there are more like us" makes me think of Ray Bradbury's "The Crowd." I like that top picture a lot.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2840267469201344530.post-13200272260712096652007-11-20T03:08:00.000-07:002007-11-20T03:08:00.000-07:00This is what Harlan Ellison called "the bitter-swe...This is what Harlan Ellison called "the bitter-sweet" of "Angry Candy": "You are not alone." Maybe so many characters die in your stories because you're meant artistically to be a kind of <I> memento mori</I>, "reminder of death", those skulls philosophers kept on their desks to remind them not to waste time. I've got one in my classroom, a Spencer's Gifts. skull bought on sale with a felt jester's hat, meant to be Yorick, Hamlet's friend. I suppose Hamlet and Yorick would be the most famous <I>memento mori</I> pairing (artists liked to paint young men with skulls), and of course Hamlet does the talking, doesn't listen to Yorick, and so "plays Hamlet", frittering away and not making his move until it's too late, hence the tragedy. The Romans used to have a guy stand behind the generals in their victory parades to whisper in their ear, "Remember, Prince, you too are mortal." A lot of my own work (3 out of 5 novels) unintentionally ends up witnessing to mass murder, making me a ghost at the banquet, so we can hang.Michael Fountain: Blood for Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05636180492565972504noreply@blogger.com