by zebra2

TO READ FOR NEXT WEEK:

Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones by Samuel R. Delany

So I forgot yesterday (again) to put the post up. I Figure that's probably fine though since we're likely still recovering from the holidays. What better way to wrap them up than with some cheery Harlan Ellison?

DISCUSSION OF LAST WEEK'S READING:

Prompts for discussion

The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World: This seems to be one of Ellison's more experimental pieces. Ellison describes it:

The title story, "The Beast That Etcetera", was intended as an experiment. Consciously so.

It is not a sequential story. It is written in a circular form, as though a number of events were taking place around the rim of a wheel, simultaneously. The simultaneity of events around that wheel-rim, however, occur across the artificial barriers of time, space dimension, and thought. Everything comes together, finally, in the center, at the hub of the wheel.

So hopefully that helps in deciphering it; it's the most convoluted piece of his that I've read yet. Then, at the center, we have a bit of a moral dilemma with Semph and Linah.

Any commentary from you guys?

And remember to vote for your favorites for next week

Ongoing list of material to vote on

Frankenstein

Forbidden Planet

The Day the Earth Stood Still

I, Robot (book)

Watchbird by Robert Sheckley

Equoid by Charles Stross

Shoutouts:

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