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| I read a short story years ago and can't remember the author or the anthology I read it in.
A guy buys a Deusenburg and it takes over his life and eventually kills him. I don't know if it predates "Christine" or not.
Can anyone help me find it? |
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Location: California | It sounds vaguely familar. Do you remember any of the other stories in the anthology? |
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| No, I don't. I've been remembering other car stories, one with feral cars roaming the wilderness with their dead drivers inside, and my favorite, "Mary Margaret Road-grader". |
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Location: California | Well drat, I was hoping to triangulate in on the story though the other stories. The thing is the one I sort of remember was a Caddy rather than a Duesenberg. So maybe not the same story at all. I do love Howard Waldrop. Mary Margaret is a great story. Have you read Zelazny's Auto da Fe? Not quite the same but I always think of it when car stories come up. |
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| No, I don't know that one. but I have several Zelazny anthologies that I haven't read. I'll look for that one this afternoon.
I recently got a hardcover copy of "Creatures of Light and Darkness" after wearing out a couple of paperbacks. I think that one damaged his reputation among some of his fans, but I love those whacked out characters. |
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Location: California | Creatures of Light and Darkness is hecka fast and fun. Where other writers' work is like pop music, his is like jazz. |
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Location: The Wilds of Washington | What popped into my head with this discussion is J G Ballard, his early early work. One of his collections like Vermillion Sands or Chronopolis. Have you read any of those? |
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