I'm not too surprised you haven't heard of him, Chuck. He published a few
dozen or so stories in the late 80's and early 90's and one or two novels.
He is still writing but I haven't run across them; I'll have to search them
out. BTW, I got the name wrong: Howard Waldrop.
Charlie
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks. Never heard of Waldorp, but I guess that's normal. I'm going to
> read it too.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 10/29/2014 11:21 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>> That's twice in the last week or so that you have mentioned "The War
>> of
>> the Worlds". I'm assuming you are a fan of the genre and of Well's novel.
>> If so I have a treat for you. I came across this story in a collection
>> from
>> the early 90's. It was written by one of the best SF short story writers
>> that no one has ever heard of, Harold Waldrop. His is a little know side
>> story to the H.G. Wells classic in which a few of the Martian invader
>> crafts lose there way and make landfall in late 19th century West Texas.
>> The results are a bit different than what transpired in the suburbs of
>> London. Take note; Waldrop has a great big shaggy sense of humor. Enjoy:
>>
>> http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/waldrop_05_14_reprint/
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>> I don’t know if he would have attacked these:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!
>>> i=3650324703&k=SvPXjpQ&lb=1&s=O
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Looks like a brigade of advancing space aliens. Where's Gene
>>> Barry?
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>> When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
>>> - Hunter S. Thompson
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