cobalt79 Wrote:I have the opportunity to purchase a copy of Freakshow. Forgive my naivete' but, is there a FPW story in the book? I see it on the cross reference, but where does it fit into things?
Buy it; there is a FPW interspersed throughout the entire book that probably runs about30-40 pages that is very good and it definitely has a place in the RJ universe. The rest of the anthology, like most anthologies, is a bit uneven. There are several good stories, a few average ones and a couple of clunkers.
Scott
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cobalt79 Wrote:Thanks!Another jewel in the collection to be added!
There's a good review of it from Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Freak-Show-F-Paul-...F8&s=books
Hazel Stone
(A true, blue Fan)
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cobalt79 Wrote:I have the opportunity to purchase a copy of Freakshow. Forgive my naivete' but, is there a FPW story in the book? I see it on the cross reference, but where does it fit into things?
I have rewritten my parts of the anthology, added new characters and subplots, and gathered it all together as =The Peabody-Prather Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium=. It will be published in the near future by a small press. You'll hear about it soon. Ozymandias Prather appears in =All the Rage=, but these events occur in the spring-summer following =Harbingers=.
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fpw Wrote:I have rewritten my parts of the anthology, added new characters and subplots, and gathered it all together as =The Peabody-Prather Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium=. It will be published in the near future by a small press. You'll hear about it soon. Ozymandias Prather appears in =All the Rage=, but these events occur in the spring-summer following =Harbingers=.
Wow!!! Can't wait! Love the name.
Hazel Stone
(A true, blue Fan)
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it. RAH
fpw Wrote:I have rewritten my parts of the anthology, added new characters and subplots, and gathered it all together as =The Peabody-Prather Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium=. It will be published in the near future by a small press. You'll hear about it soon. Ozymandias Prather appears in =All the Rage=, but these events occur in the spring-summer following =Harbingers=.Sweet!
I haven't read Freak Show; I always just assumed that it preceded RJ.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Scott Miller Wrote:Buy it; there is a FPW interspersed throughout the entire book that probably runs about30-40 pages that is very good and it definitely has a place in the RJ universe. The rest of the anthology, like most anthologies, is a bit uneven. There are several good stories, a few average ones and a couple of clunkers.
What would you say were the clunkers, Scott?
When the newer version comes out, there's an order right here!
FREAKSHOW is mandatory reading for any FPW fan. For me, it explained a lot about Oz and his traveling circus, but mostly about Oz, himself. I loved it. Every story is rich and blends to make the oddest, freakiest whole. I look forward to the revised version. But by all means, read FREAKSHOW whenever, however you can.
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The mind soars, no earthly cares,
no limitations.
A Maggers Haiku, 2005
Years ago my mother used to say to me... "In this world, Elwood, you can be oh so smart or oh so pleasant."
Well, for years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.
You may quote me.
Elwood P. Dowd