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From: dbd@gatekeeper.vic.com
David Friedman wrote:
> Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>> Peter Knutsen wrote:
>> >But I'm mostly just extremely surprised that neither you nor Dan knows
>> >about "Frost and Fire". I assumed it was easily on the top 10 list of
>> >speculative fiction short stories that everybody knows about.
>>
>> *puts up hand*. Hi, I'm Jaimie, I've been reading SF for thirty years,
>> and I've never read "Frost and Fire" although I have read many other
>> Bradbury stories.
>>
>> I assume that it's well off the top 10 must-reads, since I've never
>> heard of it in those terms before - and I've been on rasfw for over a
decade.
>
>I've been reading SF for fifty years or so and, so far as I know, have
>never read the story nor, prior to this discussion, heard of it.
I can only claim about 40 years; I don't _remember_ reading it, but may well
have at some point. However, if I have, it's been quite overshadowed for me by
Zelazny's story (and collection) of the same name.
(Wikipedia says it's a heavy metal rock album. Nyah.)
Dave
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