tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post5487730139939828661..comments2024-03-25T11:29:25.356-04:00Comments on Existential Ennui: The Golden Brick by P. M. Hubbard; Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. IV, No. 6, May 1963 (British Edition)Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)http://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-49085106137716551782011-05-24T09:42:54.540-04:002011-05-24T09:42:54.540-04:00Here's the thing: writing this blog is so much...Here's the thing: writing this blog is so much easier knowing I've got an audience to aim it at. I don't know who many of the people who land up on these shores are, but I do know you and Olman and Trent and Matthew and Nicolas, if only through blog interaction. So it's you lot I write for (and myself, of course). Therefore, by reading and commenting, you guys keep me going. Essentially, then: IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT. (And also your fault that Rachel has become a blogging widow.)Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-75674497821498674192011-05-24T01:41:08.598-04:002011-05-24T01:41:08.598-04:00Sometimes it feels like EE is this wonderful exper...Sometimes it feels like EE is this wonderful experiment in bespoke blogging, all just for me. First, all that Stark. Then, all that Ross Thomas. Hubbard, of course. Ballard. Lots of Westlake, too. And many other things which I did not know I was interested in until I read about them here. (Just bought some Laymon - he's from my hometown and I'd never heard of him before.) This bespoke illusion usually lasts until I scroll down enough on a page to see the hit counter...Book Gluttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569975755798562829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-71912054128698519252011-05-23T07:23:25.279-04:002011-05-23T07:23:25.279-04:00Glad you enjoyed the posts, BG; they were, as is o...Glad you enjoyed the posts, BG; they were, as is often the case, in large part aimed at you. Hopefully you'll like the Westlake SF posts I'll have up this week too...Nick Jones (Louis XIV, the Sun King)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17716508525331235684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448581132479481740.post-19048767638237582512011-05-22T17:58:40.444-04:002011-05-22T17:58:40.444-04:00I was always on the fence about tracking down the ...I was always on the fence about tracking down the stories Hubbard wrote. But after reading some of the page you scanned of The Golden Brick, I realized that this shorter work is interesting and that I do want to read it. Thanks for that - and nice work on all your Hubbard posts.Book Gluttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569975755798562829noreply@blogger.com