Hunter's Red Sky Fishing
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Hey there, Rabbit,
Do you have any of the Red Sky Fishing stories tucked away somewhere? I have them on an old hard drive, but not readily accessible.
Maybe, we could have another rousing discussion like in the Sky Depot of old.
Mercury Repeater deserves repeating!!
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Billy(jack), I don't think I
Billy(jack), I don't think I knew that you posted on DNC. What was your handle over there?
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Hiya Billy, David Dodd was
Hiya Billy, David Dodd was kind enough to send me the files awhile ago. I need to search around in a day or so because I'm working, I have the entire series and RH's online diary. Caveat these were originally saved by RH and DD preserved them the way he got them, so they're kind of a boomertastic mess of files.
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> they're kind of a
> they're kind of a boomertastic mess of files.
That sounds just like the old DNC directory structure. I swear they built some loop-de-loops into that thing with a Möbius strip at its core.
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I've got a PDF of all the
I've got a PDF of all the stories combined on an hold hard drive somewhere, I think I added chapter markers and page numbers even. If I dig it up would you be interested? And what's the best way to transfer/share it?
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I'd be very interested in
I'd be very interested in revisiting Hunter's stories. One way to share them would be via Google Drive. How big is the file?
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Email the PDF to brian
Totally interested!
Email the PDF to [email protected] and I will share a Google drive link. If needed, I will split the file into stories.
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Thank you, Jackohearts! That
Thank you, Jackohearts! That sounds way easier than emailing the stories one by one would be.
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I'd be interested...
I'd be interested...
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Sent!
Sent!
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Paging Billy Shears on the
Paging Billy Shears on the Tie-Dyed Courtesy Telephone...
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Hmmm... Anybody else want to
Hmmm... Anybody else want to volunteer to share this file if I email it to you?
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You can send a copy my way
You can send a copy my way and I'll post it up to Google Drive, Jack. My email is in my profile.
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File received. Thanks, Jack.
File received. Thanks, Jack.
Let me know if you have any trouble getting the file (which is a 2.4 MB PDF). This link should work for anyone who has it:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JQ6rn0koT6lgFZJcwdIlMOUtnnXFrG8J/view?u...
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I have it, ok to share?
I have it, ok to share?
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Share beyond Viva? Others
Share beyond Viva? Others might disagree, but I think that would be okay. Hunter originally shared these stories in a public forum, plus, writers typically want their stuff to be read.
I'd like to suggest reading these as a group, like maybe one story a week, and posting about them here. Would there be any interest in that?
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I'd be into that... yea I
I'd be into that... yea I wanted to share with a couple people who would dig this sort of thing..outside the zone
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Bump to see if other folks
Bump to see if other folks are interested in a group read.
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I think it would be fine. RH
I think it would be fine to share. RH was mainly concerned someone would sell it before he did (he never did sell it afaik) and I think he also was wary of opening up after pyramidhead went bonkers on DNC so he made sure it flew under the radar. He doesn't need to worry about those things anymore.
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loved reading the RH diaries
loved reading the RH diaries back in the day, Im up for a book club!
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The first story in the
The first story in the collection is titled "Curvature" and it's a little more than 2 pages long (~1100 words). I plan to read that one tomorrow morning, and will probably post something about it later in the day.
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Robert Hunter's short fiction
Robert Hunter's short fiction "Curvature" is one of those stories where not a whole lot happens. We can pretty well summarize its plot by saying a discovery is made, and it's a surprising one that flies in the face of what we think we know about the world, or so we're told, but not much happens beyond that.
In stories where there's not much plot, the teller usually makes things interesting by revealing certain things about him or herself. "Curvature" is one of those. We have a first-person narrator who's a seafaring man, if indeed the narrator is a man. There's no indication provided of the narrator's gender, age, or ethnicity; in fact, there's no description of the narrator at all.
What we are given to work with are the narrator's thoughts and style—his mind, in a word—and a couple of experiences he wants to share with his readers. "Curvature" contains no scenes of unfolding action, and relies only on the telling of things that have been witnessed and thought about by the narrator to deliver a tidy little payload of intrigue and delight.
That's not all I've got for this story, but just something to get us going for now.
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Of course it could have been
Of course it could have been giant flippers that were observed rather than wings. I'm thinking turtle. It takes a sense of humor.
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To Sign a River has a
To Sign a River has a surprise ending that brings the story full circle. It made me smile.
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I'd be interested in reading
I'd be interested in reading any stories by Robert Hunter. Where do I get them? Thanks
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^ the pdf is at the google
^ the pdf is at the google drive link that Mike posted above.
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"Scorn is the first and last
"Scorn is the first and last refuge of the
benighted."
Certainly describes our present political atmosphere in US. ( pitiful,contemptible intellectual and moral ignorance.)
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