So I'm on the train going to work reading "Skin Trade" from Dreamsongs Volume II (I'm guessing "nocturne" is too over used as a title and with my musical background I think the word should be reserved for Chopin). I come to a page break and put my book away as I'm getting off at the next stop. I notice the college aged looking kid across from me is reading something from "A Song of Ice and Fire" (which ever book has the red cover), a forty something-ish woman further back is reading Armageddon Rag and as I'm stepping off the train I see a lady coming on with Fevre Dream in her hands. It would seem Time Magazine had a point in naming Martin influential. At the least, he was extraordinarily popular yesterday at this particular place and time.
Unrelated to trains or Martin, I just got my copy of Michael Swanwick's Dancing with Bears from the mailbox! You should be jealous.
Great Vignette! Is "Skin Trade" the werewolf one? I think I read it years ago.
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ReplyDeleteYou are correct with "Skin Trade." There was a lot I didn't see coming with that story. So far it's my favorite in the collection.
Yeah, Mike The Pike Productions, www.mtpprods.com has the rights to that for a movie! I own stock in MIKP !
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