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Georgia B.'s avatar

This gave me a little chuckle…

“Now, having brought you to this most unsatisfactory and depressing conclusion, I shall leave you to your painful ruminations and wish you good luck.”

Ha! Will definitely need it after that.

And I liked the bit in Note 6 about Bradbury. Just last night I encouraged my son to read some Bradbury stories after he told me how much he enjoys writing. I could have suggested any author, but I chose Bradbury (I suppose) because of my discovery about a year ago that Bradbury grew up in a town I used to work in and am currently living/working somewhat close to.

Also, I couldn’t help but think of the Netflix series I recently watched (3 Body Problem) after traveling down a rabbit hole your notes on PKD led me to… when I googled Valis to find out more about it. I’m not a big science fiction reader, but after reading your notes and given how much I enjoyed that Netflix series, I’m thinking I should give Sci-fi books a chance!

I enjoyed all your notes/quotes… even the ones I struggled following (not because your writing isn’t clear, but because the subjects were on a more complex level of which I am not lately practiced at following… perhaps the reason I have been enjoying your account… it’s exercising my brain and thinking skills. 🙂).

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Ollie Redfern's avatar

Hi Matt, I really enjoyed your notes - look forward to reading more of them, and even hope for some where you share your thoughts on any fiction you are reading. That anecdote about Bradbury reminded me of some stats I've read recently, of how people waking up and immediately turning to their phones affects their brain activity. I wonder what Bradbury would have made of that, in terms of smart phones impact on people's creativity, but it was also a nice reminder to myself to be more self-aware in the morning and enjoy the waking silences that can then lead to good writing sessions.

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