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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "foxbrick"
<foxbrick@...> wrote:
> Sturgeon was the first and most obvious model for
Ray Bradbury, who
> also was fond of such things. Robert Bloch, Robert
Arthur, Thorne
> Smith, L. Sprague de Camp, John Collier, Idris
Seabright/Margaret
> St. Clair, Damon Knight, and Algis Budrys among the
others who've
> contributed to such traditions.
>
> Is "lurid" the word you'd use to describe Sturgeon,
Mario? Even
> when blatant, I'm not sure I'd go with
"lurid."
I think so. Or at least in Technicolor. You're right about
Bradbury. I keep his books handy and occasionally, late at
night, I read a story. The other day I read that great one
about Hemingway's parrot. Terrific. And the one about the
icecream suit gives me the shivers every time I read it.
Sturgeon and Bradbury have a very similar effect on me,
though I had never pondered influences until today.
They teach Bradbury but they don't teach Sturgeon -- an
injustice to Sturgeon.
Best,
mrt
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