tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post6463548214863491706..comments2024-03-27T19:07:19.133-04:00Comments on The Silver Key: Las Vegas is pretty sword-and-sorceryBrian Murphyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-31953499940409228932023-03-02T00:33:14.186-05:002023-03-02T00:33:14.186-05:00This pleases me. I am a hate Vegas guy. It is an i...This pleases me. I am a hate Vegas guy. It is an insult to a magnificent desert and a destroyer of souls.<br /><br />Yet my wife and I undertook a 14-hour run down there from Oregon last December to see Ryan Bingham and Corb Lund on the opening weekend of the National Finals Rodeo. <br /><br />I told Marilyn that I had to adopt the mindset that I was venturing from the north into Shadizar the Wicked, which made me a great deal more comfortable with the whole thing. So, yes, Vegas is very S&S, even when it's full of cowboys.<br /><br />Jim CorneliusFrontier Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02954687487891143150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-43564199463588595212023-02-06T21:55:38.723-05:002023-02-06T21:55:38.723-05:00Not a whole lot of Space Trilogy fans here it seem...Not a whole lot of Space Trilogy fans here it seems. <br /><br />Matthew/Don I do like some of his non-fiction, absolutely.<br /><br />Gonzalo: You should write that book!Brian Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05563309422791320114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-29301692475531603872023-02-05T15:24:43.482-05:002023-02-05T15:24:43.482-05:00I tried reading the Space Trilogy, when Perelandra...I tried reading the Space Trilogy, when Perelandra was up for a Retro Hugo and I just couldn't get past the preachiness. C.S. Lewis just isn't the writer for me.Cora Buhlerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03868233120931184399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-82118034845079808392023-02-05T12:57:49.689-05:002023-02-05T12:57:49.689-05:00The s&s part of my TBR list looks very similar...The s&s part of my TBR list looks very similar to yours, plus some s&s from Spain and the Thongor novels, because why not. I like Vegas too. I once spent a month there and have enough stories to write a book. I covered a UFC event for a newspaper once and I've been to many other boxing and MMA shows there as well. I've always thought of it as a noir town but s&s also describes it well. <br /><br /><br />Gonzalo Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04947145087511918151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-40478044858270274602023-02-05T09:08:31.258-05:002023-02-05T09:08:31.258-05:00I recently tried reading the Space Trilogy for the...I recently tried reading the Space Trilogy for the first time since high school, but it was too much of a slog and I didn't get very far. I agree that he was generally a better scholar and critic than a storyteller. On the other hand, I read <i>Till We Have Faces</i> every few years — it's about time to take the book off the shelf again, in fact.Donhttp://shuffly.net/zoop/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723077228948447528.post-27988813517928819522023-02-04T14:27:42.789-05:002023-02-04T14:27:42.789-05:00I gave up on the Space Trilogy about half way thro...I gave up on the Space Trilogy about half way through Perelanda. I think it is not considered as good as the Narnia books. I think Lewis forte was non-fiction. He is, and will be, remembered for his Christian apologetics but he was also an astute literary critic. If you can find a copy of his On Stories and Other Writings (I think that was what he called it) get it. It contains a good defense of the Lord of the Rings. Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04695983348254508387noreply@blogger.com