tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post2625927738397383182..comments2024-03-23T14:48:31.480-07:00Comments on Strange at Ecbatan: Old Bestseller Review: The Five-Minute Marriage, by Joan AikenRich Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-32617663190771714412022-06-29T17:44:27.259-07:002022-06-29T17:44:27.259-07:00It's about a young boy's slide into schizo...It's about a young boy's slide into schizophrenia, and it really is a tremendous story. It used to be a standard anthology piece, though whether that's still true I don't know. It was dramatized on Night Gallery with narration by Orson Welles - not a complete success but a decent try.Thomas Parkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-12460476431435211252022-06-29T17:17:59.069-07:002022-06-29T17:17:59.069-07:00You're right -- I'm not familiar enough wi...You're right -- I'm not familiar enough with Aiken's poetry to suggest it has been justly forgotten. I'll modify that. And I'll take a look at "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" -- a title that sounds familiar but a story I haven't read. Rich Hortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07659613066689174738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-257559067333970126.post-18391395767314823522022-06-29T11:08:56.028-07:002022-06-29T11:08:56.028-07:00Conrad Aiken's short story, "Silent Snow,...Conrad Aiken's short story, "Silent Snow, Secret Snow" still gets at least lip service as an all-time great story, and it truly is brilliant and devastating. I don't know to what degree his poetry is forgotten, but as for "justly", I come across his poems in anthologies now and then and am always impressed by them. Then again I was blown away by a Longfellow poem I cam across not long ago, and is there anyone more forgotten than him?Thomas Parkernoreply@blogger.com