tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post6926960218121508813..comments2024-03-06T08:05:29.800-05:00Comments on Casual Debris: Casual Shorts & the ISFdb Top Short Fiction #17: The Little Black Bag by C. M. KornbluthCasual Debrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-16514309428829653112023-02-04T17:05:47.660-05:002023-02-04T17:05:47.660-05:00I agree with that. Some of Kornbluth's comedy-...I agree with that. Some of Kornbluth's comedy-of-humors writing could be pretty uninspired. Utter gallows humor was more his metier.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-31241260444984246532023-02-03T23:22:57.008-05:002023-02-03T23:22:57.008-05:00I liked the story, but not too sure about the two ...I liked the story, but not too sure about the two diversions. I like the reporter's unpublished piece--it has a good consistent tone & succeeds in relaying the info we need to know. But the comedy in the future segment, with the idiotic doctors, is flat & distracting. Dr. Full & the present circumstances are far more interesting.Casual Debrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08098608670682517783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163165929158089008.post-1567973028474685552023-01-30T11:39:10.054-05:002023-01-30T11:39:10.054-05:00Isn't it "The Little Black Bag"?
Ko...Isn't it "The Little Black Bag"?<br /><br />Kornbluth's ultraviolet view of the world certainly comes through in the text...and while the male sidekick of the NG adaptation might seem a little (not much) less utterly rapacious, I suspect the Universal and NBC folks, then not yet married corporately, weren't too keen on having the villain of the piece be a young woman, much more comfortable with a middle-aged man being the heel. <br /><br />I do like the story better, but enjoyed both.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com