tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329900726636750013.post6767069672080909454..comments2023-09-20T22:36:40.620-07:00Comments on Pogue's Pages: Literary Influences (Or what do Dr. Seuss and David Cronenberg have in common?)Charles Edward Poguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08028748279789443472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329900726636750013.post-81000021083166759572009-03-31T15:11:00.000-07:002009-03-31T15:11:00.000-07:00When you've lived long enough to make it into geez...When you've lived long enough to make it into geezer-hood as I have, knowing everyone comes with the territory. I don't really; but I'll mention the ones I do know. Thanks for the plug on your blog.Charles Edward Poguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028748279789443472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329900726636750013.post-51738823243931164422009-03-31T13:20:00.000-07:002009-03-31T13:20:00.000-07:00Thanks! I do remember when you had to wait a year ...Thanks! I do remember when you had to wait a year before you could watch a movie on video. It was torture.<BR/><BR/>And man, you really do know everybody.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329900726636750013.post-61764505310180064052009-03-31T07:30:00.000-07:002009-03-31T07:30:00.000-07:00Emily,I have over thirty variant editions of SHE, ...Emily,<BR/><BR/>I have over thirty variant editions of SHE, including two firsts. I have also written a film adaptation. <BR/><BR/>In a POUND OF PAPER by John Baxter, a book about book collecting, there is a section where he asks notable collectors and writers (a group in which he inexplicably includes me)which book they would save if their house caught on fire and why. SHE was my choice, pretty much for the reasons stated in the blog.<BR/><BR/>I have had the EARTHSEA series for years, but never have read it.<BR/><BR/>I visited your blog and particularly enjoyed your entry about how you are educating yourself on those old black and white movies via TCM and other sources. <BR/><BR/>What a wonderful adventure you have before you, discovering these classic films. And how lucky you are to have such resources that make them readily available...TCM, AMC, DVDs, Video, the internet. In my day, it was a lot tougher. We had no tapes or DVD, only three or four TV stations, and all the films were cut up with commercials. If THE MALTESE FALCON or CITIZEN KANE came on at 3am, you set your alarm clock to watch it, because you never knew when it might come around again.<BR/><BR/>Bob Osborne, who hosts TCM, is a fount of useful information. Acquainted through mutual friends, we maintain a genial, chatty email correspondence. I envy him his job; what a great gig. He's a lovely man.Charles Edward Poguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028748279789443472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2329900726636750013.post-2649739349730656072009-03-30T20:05:00.000-07:002009-03-30T20:05:00.000-07:00My first workshop class in college, the professor ...My first workshop class in college, the professor asked us all to write down our favorite authors. One guy actually raised his hand and said "Can y you put yourself?" His stories, needless to say, were terrible, and his ego was so big the prof eventually threw him out of class because he argued with every single piece of criticism he got.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm glad you mentioned She. I LOVE She.<BR/><BR/>As a kid Laura Ingalls Wilder was my hero.i must have read all her books 5 times.<BR/><BR/>Ursula LeGuin's Wizard of Earthsea is the first book that made me want to write a book, and I immediately wrote the first chapter of a book exactly like it.<BR/><BR/>As I got older Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha changed my perspective on life.<BR/><BR/>In grad school, Bester's Stars My Destination became my all time favorite book and has remained so to this day.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.com