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     Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
http://www.ligotti.net/showpost.php?p=16152&postcount=25 At above link this from a member of that site: ============= (The following excerpt was originally published in the September 1935 issue of Wonder Stories.) "Old N. J. also objects to my penchant for ladies of the stage and 'vision screen, and periodically threatens to cut my allowance, though that's supposed to be a salary. It's inconvenient to be so dependent, and sometimes I regret that unfortunate market crash of 2009 that wiped out my own money, although it did keep me from marrying Whimsy White, and van Manderpootz, through his subjunctivisor, succeeded in proving that that would have been a catastrophe." Stanley G. Weinbaum - "The Ideal" | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
Sorry to split hairs, but wasn't the crash in 2008? | ||
| Alansjf (Alansjf) Username: Alansjf Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 94.194.134.45 |
1935 was a notorious year for typos. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
I think all the expert opinion has said that the actual core of the crash is to be in 2009. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
That's not what Weinbaum said!  | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
'Whimsy White' does sum up the source of the crash, however. I'll give him that. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
I think the character in the story felt it was a 2009 crash (all those years before when he was younger in 2009) as more people felt the results of the crash in 2009 than they did in 2008 - 'results' being tantamount to the thing itself from the point of view of someone suffering from it. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
>>>subjunctivisor Do people in the future use such words, let alone in the past?! | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
Good word, though. I'm always very careful to use subjunctives. when appropriate. 'If I were you'... rather than 'if I was you'... | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
Is David Bowie to blame? http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jan/14/david-bowie-music-industry | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
Well, 'Always Crashing in the Same Car' is obviously about capitalism. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
It's certainly time for ch-ch-ch-changes. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
Ashes to Ashes. Life might even be better on Mars! | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
You little wonder, you. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
You little wonder, you. ======== Lets dance | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
Only if you pretend to be a Little China Girl. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
Easier to smash? | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.0.112.152 |
No siblings. Less likely to get her bro to beat me up. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.166.188.81 |
Here's her brother searching for you: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oncrNvikzGw |