What else is a podcastress to do when a great writer dies? Sheckley wrote hundreds of exceptional stories, hundreds, and though I wouldn’t rate this one his best (I See a Man Sitting in a Chair, and the Chair is Biting His Leg rates high on my list, and very few of life’s experiences top a first glance at Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? (and I’m only just barely exaggerating)). But this one, somehow, is appropriate.
And let it be known that Miette’s Bedtime Story Podcast has a strict policy against eulogising, lecturing, or otherwise making demands of its listeners, but if you know what’s good for you, you’ll exercise regularly, live and love harmoniously, stop smoking, eat plenty of fresh fruit, listen to Brahms in the morning and Mahler before bed, and otherwise keep your ears clean and your mind sharp. Or, if you need a shortcut, read Sheckley.
New York Times Obit:
Robert Sheckley, Writer of Satirical Science Fiction, Is Dead
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1 mtte. // Dec 14, 2005 at 4:21 am
Yes, I’m aware of the pops in this one– pardon my Ps, and those listening through headphones, do so with care and mea culpa. Isn’t it strange that even with The Great Stocking Trick, when I get really impassioned it comes out in my puffs? Wonder what a predilection for piqued and pronounced aspiration proposes about a person’s personality?
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