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A footnote to saudade: Two of those we recently lost had key roles in bringing Russell Hoban stories to the screen: Tim Curry narrates the delightfully melancholic Marzipan Pig, and John Irvin directed Hoban's underrated novel, Turtle Diary. @russellhoban.bsky.social @mcfarland.bsky.social 70 years ago today, Sports Illustrated's Second Anniversary issue featured a science fiction story about a boxer from the moon, written and illustrated by one of their star contributors, Russell Hoban. It was his first published fiction.
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@mcfarland.bsky.social Another +ve review, this one from Library Bookwatch: "A model study of literary criticism, [this book] is a unique, deftly written, and meticulously presented history ... An informative and inherently interesting work of eloquent literary criticism."
@russellhoban.bsky.social @mcfarland.bsky.social 70 years ago today saw Russell Hoban's auspicious debut with Sports Illustrated, supplying art to accompany A.J. Liebling's profile of the infamous Stillman's Gym. It would be another 12 years before Hoban would publish his first novel.
@russellhoban.bsky.social @mcfarland.bsky.social The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. Wonderful to see Russell Hoban's Frances represented here. @russellhoban.bsky.social theatln.tc/n94P8cOs There's new work by Russell Hoban! In the mid-nineties he and Andy Bown of Status Quo hatched a plan for a sci-fi musical. Songs were recorded, but the project stalled. Now, in Russ's 100th birthday year, Bown has resurrected the tapes. Russ would be absolutely chuffed.
@russellhoban.bsky.social Russell Hoban's masterpiece *Riddley Walker* is 45 years old today!
“In fear and tremmering only not running a way. In emtyness and ready to be fult. Not to lern no body nothing I cant even lern my oan self all I can do is try not to get in front of whats coming.”
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