tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post4113477676269626092..comments2024-03-28T04:15:00.814-07:00Comments on Jerry's House of Everything: FRIDAY"S FORGOTTEN NON-BOOK: DON'T SPEAK OF ROPEJerry Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482856733981933159noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-86801031355157264882010-12-17T13:41:19.377-08:002010-12-17T13:41:19.377-08:00Great story. Maybe those fragments will some day c...Great story. Maybe those fragments will some day come to light, and someone will write the rest of the book.Evan Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07620731784654779358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-42596559319298991012010-12-17T08:22:53.149-08:002010-12-17T08:22:53.149-08:00THE ROOTS OF YGGDRASIL by Fritz Leiber might'v...THE ROOTS OF YGGDRASIL by Fritz Leiber might've been a fine contribution to the literature.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-64576842554469410822010-12-17T08:19:07.635-08:002010-12-17T08:19:07.635-08:00(More along the lines of a street gang were hassli...(More along the lines of a street gang were hassling a group including Davidson, Ellison and a number of friends and acquaintances, and the two writers, Davidson in calling the police and absent-mindedly fashioning a thuggee strangle knot from a piece of rope he picked up on the way to the phone, and Ellison in attempting to stall all-out beatings by getting in the face of one of the gang-members, were able to keep things from going Too Wrong...but both they and their companions were saved mostly by an ex-gang-member/leader happening by and getting the gang to knock it off while the Davidson/Ellison group got the hell out of there...with the police coming past them as they retreated.)Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-22961021388855817442010-12-17T08:11:22.134-08:002010-12-17T08:11:22.134-08:00PARTNERS IN WONDER has the material about DON'...PARTNERS IN WONDER has the material about DON'T SPEAK OF ROPE, as well as Ellison's and Davidson's accoutns of the averted gang-bang, and their collaborative short story "Up Christopher to Madness"...it won't suprise you, I suspect, that PARTNERS was one of my FFBs.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-69240690378738119862010-12-17T07:24:47.915-08:002010-12-17T07:24:47.915-08:00I remember reading that same story fron an Ellison...I remember reading that same story fron an Ellison introduction and my memory is every bit as hazy as yours as to the details.<br /><br />Every writer has those bits and pieces of things that didn't gel. Ellison's BLOOD'S A ROVER is one I'll miss, but I understand his desire not to have someone else finish it. While I've read and enjoyed such things before, it can never, however well intentioned, completely be the original writer's vision.<br /><br />Yes, Mr. Ellison should live more long and fruitful years. His like might not ever be seen again.Randy Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16627907086811387527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728909293998777391.post-9317315073977042362010-12-17T06:22:35.581-08:002010-12-17T06:22:35.581-08:00Great idea and piece, Jerry.Great idea and piece, Jerry.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com