tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post3370934026401498796..comments2024-03-28T07:55:50.510-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-82252289452269154422011-05-16T13:59:27.566-07:002011-05-16T13:59:27.566-07:00I talked with my science fiction class today about...I talked with my science fiction class today about the notion of a science fiction canon. They came up with the following in three levels such as Schrader's film canon.<br /><br />Gold level: Heinlein, Asimov, Clarke and Dick.<br /><br />Silver level: Verne and Wells.<br /><br />Bronze level: Lovecraft, Bradbury and Adams.<br /><br />I pretty much agree with them, although I wouldn't see Doug Adams as canonical, although I love his books.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-85635290569089409192011-05-16T08:12:06.150-07:002011-05-16T08:12:06.150-07:00I find the issue of canonicity fascinating. I lov...I find the issue of canonicity fascinating. I love this essay on the film canon by Paul Schrader - http://paulschrader.org/articles/pdf/2006-FilmComment_Schrader.pdf . I can't see Wilson entering the canon as conceived of by Harold Bloom. (Bob reviewed Bloom's _The Western Canon_. I enjoyed that book, based on Vico, which also inspired Schrader's essay.)<br /><br />I think we can each nuture Bob's freak canonical status in our own ways. I think you've done a great job with this blog, Mike Johnson has done a great job with alt.fan.rawilson, Mike Gathers has built the wonderful rawilsonfans.com, and Lance Bauscher has done his great films and the Maybe Logic Academy, etc.<br /><br />If we choose, we can follow somebunall of Bob's suggestions. He frequently urged his readers to do the exercises in _Prometheus Rising_. (I much prefer the revised version of that text.) I still want to spend two years on page 109 of _email to the universe_.Eric Wagnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312033917401203598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-20367123759034880022011-05-14T03:36:14.292-07:002011-05-14T03:36:14.292-07:00BUY SECOND HAND EG FORM ABEBOOK.COM OR .CO.UK GIVE...BUY SECOND HAND EG FORM ABEBOOK.COM OR .CO.UK GIVE TO CHARITY SHOPS, FRIENDS AND LIBRARIES OR LEAVE IN RANDOM BUSES AND TRAINS PLANES ETC... ?fuzzbuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106070724735052653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-22956095396973920572011-05-13T10:04:54.443-07:002011-05-13T10:04:54.443-07:00I wholeheartedly agree with this post. Since disc...I wholeheartedly agree with this post. Since discovering RAW a couple years ago I have been completely fascinated by his writing. It has inspired me to read more and of a wider range of authors and types of literature than I ever would've considered previously. He really has rekindled my love of reading and I can't help but sing his praises to anyone who will listen.<br /><br /><br />Especially in this age of information overload, dogma, and idiocy, Wilson's ideas and philosophy are more important than ever.<br /><br />It's kind of beyond me why so few people nowdays have ever heard of the man. And it's astonishing his books aren't carried at most major book stores (at least not here in Canada). <br /> <br /> I'm glad to hear you're actively in getting the word about RAW!BrentQ23noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-68131501407631671442011-05-11T06:27:43.648-07:002011-05-11T06:27:43.648-07:00@supergee,
But wouldn't a few more readers b...@supergee, <br /><br />But wouldn't a few more readers be inclined to try Sladek's work because of what MIchael Dirda has said? My own guess is that every little bit might help.Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-21462069146428986652011-05-11T03:21:13.050-07:002011-05-11T03:21:13.050-07:00Michael Dirda has been saying for years that John ...Michael Dirda has been saying for years that John Sladek belongs in the canon (which he's right about), and it hasn't helped.supergeenoreply@blogger.com