tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post5230693701422378905..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: 1965: the short fiction annuals (and their dramatic cousin): Friday's BooksTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-67053568171546910142015-12-14T12:43:52.572-05:002015-12-14T12:43:52.572-05:00Frequently they are hard to come by in other than ...Frequently they are hard to come by in other than these reprint annuals and the original publications they are abstracted from (when there is such)...and most of what I add is the concentration of the data in this manner, though, as with the SHORT STORY INTERNATIONAL best-of anthology WORLD'S BEST CONTEMPORARY SHORT STORIES, I was also glad to take the opportunity to put a cover of a book (BEST PLAYS) online that apparently wasn't visible anywhere so far.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-37358615747515344502015-12-14T11:38:00.263-05:002015-12-14T11:38:00.263-05:00You may not realize it, but by posting the content...You may not realize it, but by posting the contents lists of these books you do a service to future researchers. I have found that some of the stories reprinted in these volumes are not available anywhere else, other than the original source, and the books are very cheap to come by.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-63063589687314234342015-12-12T00:16:18.674-05:002015-12-12T00:16:18.674-05:00And I imagine he might've been happy to sing t...And I imagine he might've been happy to sing that in '65. I might just marshall a few thoughts on the film THE DETECTIVE, soon....the coincidence of change and/or round numbers or half-round numbers(!) in their sequence was pretty irresistible, particularly given how influential some of that fiction, and a few of those plays and playwrights, have been on me.<br /><br />Though the recording I have owned of that slightly goofy song has been on the Modern Folk Quartet LP. It poured a bit saccharine but clear! I suppose there are worse ways to measure one's life than by the sex one's had.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-59257401345759048562015-12-11T20:50:30.217-05:002015-12-11T20:50:30.217-05:00I read many of these books back in 1965! As Sinat...I read many of these books back in 1965! As Sinatra would sing, "It Was A Very Good Year."Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.com