[UA] Enigma

[Timothy Toner]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tucker" <jazzfish at softhome.net>
To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [UA] Enigma


> >(Hm... now I'm suddenly remembering a story I read as a child.)
> <SNIP>
>
> Wow.  I thought I was the only person on the planet who'd heard of Homer
> Price.  Basically, he lived in a small rural town wherein unlikely things
> happened, like a lady losing her diamond bracelet in a donut factory, or
> the aforementioned jukebox song.  Or having all the houses in town
replaced
> by identical Sears Roebuck houses, so no one knows where they live
anymore.
>  Nothing really occult about it (except maybe that song), just general
> wackiness.  But I loved the books when I was younger.

I didn't even realize it was Homer Price until you mentioned the Donut
contest--I liked it because a black kid won.  Damn, I loved those books.
They even did some live action versions (Centerville Tales, I think).  Low
Weirdness, sure, but with fond memories.


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