Fritz Leiber

[J Riff]

Can't remember the title, but he wrote a weird fic SS - about a nebulous and dark giant creature, that hovered amongsts hills in a remote region, that was somewhat HPLish, it was a terrific story, pretty sure it was Fritz.

 

[Randy M.]

Can't remember the title, but he wrote a weird fic SS - about a nebulous and dark giant creature, that hovered amongsts hills in a remote region, that was somewhat HPLish, it was a terrific story, pretty sure it was Fritz.

Probably "A Bit of the Dark World," set in the hills outside L.A. in the late '50s or early '60s. I reread it last year. It holds up pretty well, and you're right, it is Lovecraftian.

Randy M.

 

[BAYLOR]

He wrote some really good weird fiction.

 

[Roy1]

Here is a link to one of his most famous short stories Space-Time for Springers. Well worth a read. It is free and, I assume, legit as the source is UCA.
The 64-Square Madhouse is a another I enjoyed though now it is very out of date. If you play Chess at all it's worth a read.

 

[galanx]

Here is a link to one of his most famous short stories Space-Time for Springers. Well worth a read. It is free and, I assume, legit as the source is UCA.
The 64-Square Madhouse is a another I enjoyed though now it is very out of date. If you play Chess at all it's worth a read.

Great one, especially if, like me, you are a cat-lover.

 

[Dave]

Hmm, okay, is The Big Time typical? I started it, and, err... I kinda hated it. In twenty dense pages of poorly explained dialogue between unengaging characters that I don't care about, nothing whatsoever happened. There appears to be no plot currently, or in the offing. I flicked forward and the book seemed to continue the same tedious dialogue between the same strange characters whatever page I turned to. It's like a SF version of Waiting for Godot, but not literary. So, I've put that back on the shelf and will try something else instead.

I'm reading this at the moment with a similar experience, but I'll persevere as there are some interesting ideas there about the consequences of rewriting time over epic scales, even if it is not very action-packed. That notion that it would work better as a stage play is an interesting one. It does mainly occur in one single room (an out of time resting/recuperation house, bedroom come bar) with characters walking on and off "stage" from the Changewar. This also plays into the story title which in the name is given to the "stream" or "railway train" the time soldiers are riding upon, but which is also the height of an actor or an entertainers career.

Why I really came her was to mention that regarding the talk of high prices, I bought an A4 sized transcribed copy of this from Amazon for only about £7. It is out of copyright. The only downside is that the illustrations that came in the original copy of Galaxy Science Fiction are not included.