tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post2463111314653287706..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Brian Aldiss, RIPTodd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-47230519816288948072017-08-25T09:47:27.139-04:002017-08-25T09:47:27.139-04:00Just ordered BURY MY HEART but my natural laziness...Just ordered BURY MY HEART but my natural laziness will probably keep me away from BAREFOOT as that just sounds like too tough an entry point!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-47014074354143428412017-08-22T09:37:39.640-04:002017-08-22T09:37:39.640-04:00The worst Aldiss I've read was well-written an...The worst Aldiss I've read was well-written and a bit playful while po-faced goofy. The best should survive and continue to be read for quite some time. A lot more of the latter.I think you have a fair amount of interesting reading ahead of you, Sergio. Among the best entry points, so to put it, would be "Let's Be Frank"...or BURY MY HEART AT W. H. SMITH'S...or...James Blish considered BAREFOOT IN THE HEAD a suitable heir to James Joyce's most challenging work, and a more accessible way to approach similar effects and subject matter. And then there's HOTHOUSE and the HELLICONIA and other short series books...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-40077432766824108282017-08-22T06:50:43.620-04:002017-08-22T06:50:43.620-04:00Sound like he had a good life and a good death. I ...Sound like he had a good life and a good death. I have read very little of his work actually - started with BILLION YEAR SPREE (never got to TRILLION upgrade). Anthony Burgess though a lot of his LIFE IN THE WEST as I recall ...Sergio (Tipping My Fedora)https://bloodymurder.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com