Ellen Kushner's LJ (RSS Feed)
02-21-2008, 07:36 PM
Went to KGB last night to hear http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/profile)matociquala (http://matociquala.livejournal.com/) and Jeff Ford [ADDED: http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://woodburner.livejournal.com/profile)woodburner (http://woodburner.livejournal.com/) tells me Jeff Ford is http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://14theditch.livejournal.com/profile)14theditch (http://14theditch.livejournal.com/) on LJ] & 2 others read from Ellen Datlow(who has an LJ but I don't know what it is - ADDED: Ah! Thanks. It's http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif (http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/profile)ellen_datlow (http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/), of course!)'s new Inferno anthology. Jeff Ford is a god. I want to sacrifice chickens to him. His every sentence is perfection. Nothing is wasted. I love hearing him read aloud; he has a great voice. He doesn't do a Performance (as I do, so you know I think there's nothing wrong with that); he lets the language do the work for him. Although I rarely attend readings (I have trouble sitting still for them when there's so much else to do), I do love being read aloud to. I like to take in text through the ear -- and conversation and information in general, for that matter - which is why I don't read everyone's blogs: I'd rather have lunch with you, or even - gasp! - talk on the phone . . . .
So I'm glad I've taken up the habit of going to the KGB (http://www.lcrw.net/kgb/) (and NYRSF (http://www.hourwolf.com/nyrsf/)) readings. I also get to see a big group of people who have become my friends, partly because I see them there once a month, and most of the audience then all go out to dinner after at one of my favorite joints (so this is where I wave to everyone from last night - Hiya! - and also pat myself on the back because I encouraged others to turn up, and they did, and surely they will be there next month for dinner & Michael Swanwick & ? - c'mon, guys, update the site already!). I tell everyone that I go and sit still for the readings just so I can get to the dinners, and that may be so; but the truth is, it's also exposed me to the work of many writers I might otherwise not have taken the time or had the inclination to read.
But then, I like to take in text through the ear. Some people really don't. You?
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So I'm glad I've taken up the habit of going to the KGB (http://www.lcrw.net/kgb/) (and NYRSF (http://www.hourwolf.com/nyrsf/)) readings. I also get to see a big group of people who have become my friends, partly because I see them there once a month, and most of the audience then all go out to dinner after at one of my favorite joints (so this is where I wave to everyone from last night - Hiya! - and also pat myself on the back because I encouraged others to turn up, and they did, and surely they will be there next month for dinner & Michael Swanwick & ? - c'mon, guys, update the site already!). I tell everyone that I go and sit still for the readings just so I can get to the dinners, and that may be so; but the truth is, it's also exposed me to the work of many writers I might otherwise not have taken the time or had the inclination to read.
But then, I like to take in text through the ear. Some people really don't. You?
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