Comments on: Flurb #9 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=flurb-9 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:32:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Bull http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21898 Steve Bull Sat, 15 May 2010 21:37:11 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21898 "Insect Girl Climbs to Paradise" by Philip Harris - - nifty coming of age story. I look forward to reading more by this author. I just discovered FLURB a SuperCollider think-swap event. “Insect Girl Climbs to Paradise” by Philip Harris – - nifty coming of age story. I look forward to reading more by this author. I just discovered FLURB a SuperCollider think-swap event.

]]> By: anon http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21892 anon Thu, 13 May 2010 17:52:33 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21892 Loved Paul di Fillipo's piece. Would love to see more of his artwork and words. Loved Paul di Fillipo’s piece. Would love to see more of his artwork and words.

]]> By: B. Von Goolo http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21849 B. Von Goolo Wed, 05 May 2010 19:08:03 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21849 When FLURB: The Movie gets the green light, make sure Roston's Technical Difficulties is a part of it. When FLURB: The Movie gets the green light, make sure Roston’s Technical Difficulties is a part of it.

]]> By: Michele http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21814 Michele Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:54:39 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21814 I just discovered Flurbs this evening, with Madeline's story, The fitting of a suit, in number 6. (And I also found out about your SF work! ) DarliJ's House of Tea, by Mari Mitchell, was a cute re-telling of a well known story. Short and sweet as fairy sugar! I will eventually return to read the other stories. Thanks for the work! Michèle I just discovered Flurbs this evening, with Madeline’s story, The fitting of a suit, in number 6. (And I also found out about your SF work! )

DarliJ’s House of Tea, by Mari Mitchell, was a cute re-telling of a well known story. Short and sweet as fairy sugar!

I will eventually return to read the other stories.

Thanks for the work!

Michèle

]]> By: Anton http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21767 Anton Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:31:54 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21767 I like to come to FLURB for a good read from time to time. I was disappointed by "Clod, Pebble" for it builds up tension, an then let me figure out a solution. I think the author should at least hint at a solution. I had hoped that the protagonist would be so late in his schedule that he had to buy the book from Michael Dunbar. And then ... I like to come to FLURB for a good read from time to time.
I was disappointed by “Clod, Pebble” for it builds up tension, an then let me figure out a solution. I think the author should at least hint at a solution. I had hoped that the protagonist would be so late in his schedule that he had to buy the book from Michael Dunbar. And then …

]]> By: H. P. Huey http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21754 H. P. Huey Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:53:29 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21754 Roston's "Technical Difficulties" is a memorable little excursion into Weird. It doesn't take a great leap of insight to imagine this scenario becoming true, with personalities ingrained in some hideous, currently-unimagined, bio-USB stick and swapped like World of Warcraft cards or STDs. Well, something like that, ahem. This tale reminds me of Norman Spinrad's classic "Bug Jack Barron," which foresaw the quick-cut/throat-slash form of hosted television and and portions of Warren Ellis's "TRANSMETROPOLITAN," without being at all derivative. Its a rare person who doesn't have a fairly clear overview of the wild world of unsane data manipulation in its many forms. This story takes 2 steps beyond what we now know, yet makes it both funny and plausible at the same time. That's the hallmark of a good satire. 9.9, with .1 off because I wish it was an entire book. Roston’s “Technical Difficulties” is a memorable little excursion into Weird. It doesn’t take a great leap of insight to imagine this scenario becoming true, with personalities ingrained in some hideous, currently-unimagined, bio-USB stick and swapped like World of Warcraft cards or STDs. Well, something like that, ahem.
This tale reminds me of Norman Spinrad’s classic “Bug Jack Barron,” which foresaw the quick-cut/throat-slash form of hosted television and and portions of Warren Ellis’s “TRANSMETROPOLITAN,” without being at all derivative. Its a rare person who doesn’t have a fairly clear overview of the wild world of unsane data manipulation in its many forms. This story takes 2 steps beyond what we now know, yet makes it both funny and plausible at the same time. That’s the hallmark of a good satire. 9.9, with .1 off because I wish it was an entire book.

]]> By: Ayah http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21683 Ayah Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:53:51 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21683 Val and Me is awesome Val and Me is awesome

]]> By: Ronin http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21658 Ronin Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:17:45 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21658 Re: Robert Guffey's 'Ticks' - Amazing how he's transmuted a fiction-turned-myth into an alt history scenario. Often, a minimal chaîné turn of the imagination creates such excellent science fiction. Re: Robert Guffey’s ‘Ticks’ – Amazing how he’s transmuted a fiction-turned-myth into an alt history scenario. Often, a minimal chaîné turn of the imagination creates such excellent science fiction.

]]> By: Rudy http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21633 Rudy Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:24:29 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21633 <a href="http://www.locusmag.com/Reviews/2010/03/lois-tilton-reviews-short-fiction-late.html#flurb2010sum" rel="nofollow">Locus online</a> summarized and quickly reviewed all the stories in Flurb #9 this week! We're riding the hegemonic bulldozer now! Locus online summarized and quickly reviewed all the stories in Flurb #9 this week! We’re riding the hegemonic bulldozer now!

]]> By: Topher henning http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/2010/03/08/flurb-9/comment-page-1/#comment-21624 Topher henning Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:34:00 +0000 http://www.rudyrucker.com/blog/?p=2037#comment-21624 Thanks for the short (too short) story. I was pulled into the the story and I felt slighted by the abrupt ending till I realized it was an excerpt from a new book. The characters reminded me of "Mathematicians in Love" I live in Hume-locke (Berkeley) and that made it fun to read because I imagine being part of the transrealism. Keep up the great work! Topher ;) Thanks for the short (too short) story. I was pulled into the the story and I felt slighted by the abrupt ending till I realized it was an excerpt from a new book. The characters reminded me of “Mathematicians in Love” I live in Hume-locke (Berkeley) and that made it fun to read because I imagine being part of the transrealism.

Keep up the great work!

Topher ;)

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