Thanks for this, what a great one! And one of the most optimistic post-apocalyptic stories I can remember (Becky Chambers' recent Monk & Robot series is in a similar vein). The appearance of "googol" in the first paragraph made me think of my grandfather, who was roughly contemporary with Brown—it was one of his favorite ten dollar words and must've been popular among smartypants of a certain age.
I was at Yuma, Arizona last month for the Yuma Arts Symposium 45. I wonder if they even pondered a gun motif?
Being in Yuma will always remind me of Curley Culp of the Chiefs— I briefly considered, and then discarded, if he was somehow, ironically, named after Curley Howard..
Thanks for this, what a great one! And one of the most optimistic post-apocalyptic stories I can remember (Becky Chambers' recent Monk & Robot series is in a similar vein). The appearance of "googol" in the first paragraph made me think of my grandfather, who was roughly contemporary with Brown—it was one of his favorite ten dollar words and must've been popular among smartypants of a certain age.
Ahhh…utopia! Good one Ethan!
Memory fail, A Gnome There Was, written by Lewis Padgett! Similar to Brown?
I used to have a copy of Nightmares and Geezenstacks. The "Golden Age of Scifi"
In the present I enjoyed "The Signal" streaming on Netflix. Reminded me a bit of Stanislaw Lem.
I was at Yuma, Arizona last month for the Yuma Arts Symposium 45. I wonder if they even pondered a gun motif?
Being in Yuma will always remind me of Curley Culp of the Chiefs— I briefly considered, and then discarded, if he was somehow, ironically, named after Curley Howard..