tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post5052458874233993680..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: A West Philadelphia Christmas CarolMichael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-41904330279369083382012-12-26T04:08:20.218-08:002012-12-26T04:08:20.218-08:00This is the most familiar of Dicken's work for...This is the most familiar of Dicken's work for me ( I'm embaressed to say, being otherwise a rabid reader )- and next to Shakespeare's Hamlet - has many very quotable lines for these times.<br /><br />It was fun to that Ray Bradbury (RIP), in one of his Martian stories (tho not in the Martian Chronicles itself, or I just can't find it ) had him listed as one of the undesirable writers ( with the ghost of Dickens protesting that it was only because Christmas Carol that he so listed )<br /><br />Again, greetings of the season to all, and to seriously misquote A Christmas Carol "Let us stoke up the fire before we cross another T or dot another I. "<br /><br />Wayne Z<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014112966416753400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-1269235420034569442012-12-25T09:27:18.144-08:002012-12-25T09:27:18.144-08:00A Christmas Carol... the most influential fantasy ...A Christmas Carol... the most influential fantasy novel of all time? I bet you could make a strong case for it, although the mainstream scholars of literature would probably offer a cop-out such as insisting it's not fantasy but "uncanny". Still, pretty inspiring!<br /><br /> Merry Christmas!David Stonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09983230505509685792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-5116839898249500402012-12-25T03:15:42.989-08:002012-12-25T03:15:42.989-08:00Yep, I am of a mixed mind concerning the creche, b...Yep, I am of a mixed mind concerning the creche, but the intent always seemed Joy for the season and coming years - so how can this be a bad thing.<br /><br />If someone's faith makes them more charitable, more loving toward others, than they might be otherwise - once more - can this be a bad thing?<br /><br />So Merry Christmas to some, good life and good prospects for the rest - for as Jacob Marley said; "Mankind IS our Business. "<br /><br />Wayne Z<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03014112966416753400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-42314638007299942012012-12-24T21:02:09.049-08:002012-12-24T21:02:09.049-08:00It would have made me very happy to have heard tha...It would have made me very happy to have heard that comment.<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you and yours, Michael.Larshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07915440101940467640noreply@blogger.com