How wonderful you remember "Golden Apples of the sun" and the story "Sound of thunder" about the dinosaur hunters. I've got a dog-eared copy somewhere. A chap trod on a butterfly and killed it back in the past, as I recall, and the consequence when they returned to the present, was the letter "K" was missing from the alphabet. Is that right? So cool. It's the basis of so many time travel movies (Back to the Future springs to mind) but I'm sure Bradbury was one of the first to explore the concept. I also read Illustrated Man around the same time. Ray Bradbury at his best. The short story as an art form has almost died out, sadly, compared to the good old days. I still have a collection of Omni magazines from the 70s and 80s, and the highlight was always the short stories. The likes of Orson Scott Card and William Gibson published early works in there. Those were the days. 😇
I love short stories, and writing them too. It is a very particular art form that is both constraining and liberating at the same time. There is a small eco-system of excellent publications now, such as Interzone and Uncanny Magazine, and I have found gems in both. But Ray Bradbury is always going to be my favourite I think. He really mastered them. And he put it down to the fact that it was because he was poor and could only afford a tiny amount of time on the hired typewriter that he used to write them. He did a lot of thinking before he hit the page and made sure that only what was needed got into the story. I find that approach helps me too!
@@EmmaNewmanAuthor You're right, a very particular skill and art form in itself. Love how the old magazine word limits applied, but didn't know poor Ray was hiring a typewriter. Didn't know Interzone was still going. I'll check it out, thanks. Really enjoyed "Before, after, alone", glad you published that. More please! Neal Asher has done well with some of his short stories, which have been made into episodes of "Love, Death and Robots" on Netflix, which is proper SF using cutting-edge CGI. Do you know that one? Contributions from Ballard, Hamilton, Swanwick, Reynolds, Scalzi, even Harlan! Worth watching, although you'll need a strong stomach for some of them. Eeek. Rather a unique demonstration of how SF shorts can be turned into compact but stunning 15-minute TV episodes, the literal opposite of the 4-hour Dune marathons we endure at the movies.
@@EmmaNewmanAuthor I'm a big fan Emma, of all your work. Love how Tea and Sanctuary is so much the opposite of your distopian world creations. Check out Love Death and Robots if you like. 5k word short stories brought to the screen.
How wonderful you remember "Golden Apples of the sun" and the story "Sound of thunder" about the dinosaur hunters. I've got a dog-eared copy somewhere. A chap trod on a butterfly and killed it back in the past, as I recall, and the consequence when they returned to the present, was the letter "K" was missing from the alphabet. Is that right? So cool. It's the basis of so many time travel movies (Back to the Future springs to mind) but I'm sure Bradbury was one of the first to explore the concept.
I also read Illustrated Man around the same time. Ray Bradbury at his best. The short story as an art form has almost died out, sadly, compared to the good old days. I still have a collection of Omni magazines from the 70s and 80s, and the highlight was always the short stories. The likes of Orson Scott Card and William Gibson published early works in there. Those were the days. 😇
I love short stories, and writing them too. It is a very particular art form that is both constraining and liberating at the same time. There is a small eco-system of excellent publications now, such as Interzone and Uncanny Magazine, and I have found gems in both. But Ray Bradbury is always going to be my favourite I think. He really mastered them. And he put it down to the fact that it was because he was poor and could only afford a tiny amount of time on the hired typewriter that he used to write them. He did a lot of thinking before he hit the page and made sure that only what was needed got into the story. I find that approach helps me too!
@@EmmaNewmanAuthor You're right, a very particular skill and art form in itself. Love how the old magazine word limits applied, but didn't know poor Ray was hiring a typewriter.
Didn't know Interzone was still going. I'll check it out, thanks. Really enjoyed "Before, after, alone", glad you published that. More please!
Neal Asher has done well with some of his short stories, which have been made into episodes of "Love, Death and Robots" on Netflix, which is proper SF using cutting-edge CGI. Do you know that one? Contributions from Ballard, Hamilton, Swanwick, Reynolds, Scalzi, even Harlan! Worth watching, although you'll need a strong stomach for some of them. Eeek.
Rather a unique demonstration of how SF shorts can be turned into compact but stunning 15-minute TV episodes, the literal opposite of the 4-hour Dune marathons we endure at the movies.
I haven't got round to watching Love, Death and Robots yet. So glad you enjoyed Before, After, Alone!
@@EmmaNewmanAuthor I'm a big fan Emma, of all your work. Love how Tea and Sanctuary is so much the opposite of your distopian world creations. Check out Love Death and Robots if you like. 5k word short stories brought to the screen.